Deaths and Mortality
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- Number of deaths: 2,596,993
- Death rate: 821.5 deaths per 100,000 population
- Life expectancy: 78.8 years
- Infant Mortality rate: 5.96 deaths per 1,000 live births
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2013, tables 1, 7, 10, 20 [PDF - 1.5 MB]
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
- Heart disease: 614,348
- Cancer: 591,699
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 147,101
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 136,053
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 133,103
- Alzheimer's disease: 93,541
- Diabetes: 76,488
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 55,227
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 48,146
- Intentional self-harm (suicide): 42,773
Source: Health, United States, 2015, Table 19 (Data are for 2014)
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- 75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 1935–2010
- CDC Wonder, Detailed Mortality
- Deaths Attributed to Heat, Cold, and Other Weather Events in the United States, 2006–2010 [PDF - 330 KB]
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2013 [PDF - 4.8 MB]
- Health Data Interactive
- Health, United States
- Hospitalization, Readmission, and Death Experience of Noninstitutionalized Medicare Fee-for-service Beneficiaries Aged 65 and Over
- Mortality in the United States, 2014
- United States Life Tables, 2011 [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- Page last reviewed: October 7, 2015
- Page last updated: April 27, 2016
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