QuickStats: Percentage of Total Deaths, by Age and Hispanic Origin and Race — United States, 2020

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Significant differences in the age distribution of deaths by race and ethnicity were observed in the United States during 2020.
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The figure is a bar chart showing percentage of total deaths, by age and Hispanic origin and race, in the United States during 2020.
The figure is a bar chart showing percentage of total deaths, by age and Hispanic origin and race, in the United States during 2020.

Significant differences in the age distribution of deaths by race and ethnicity were observed in the United States during 2020.

Decedents aged <65 years accounted for 26% of all U.S. deaths, but they accounted for approximately 50% of deaths among American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (NH/OPI) persons, 40% of deaths among Black or African American (Black) and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) persons, and 20% of deaths among Asian and White persons.

Smaller differences were noted among persons aged 65–84 years. Among persons aged ≥85 years, the pattern was reversed, with the percentage of all deaths ranging from approximately 11% among AI/AN and NH/OPI persons to 33% for Asian and White persons.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7137a6.htm

Source: National Vital Statistics System, Underlying Cause of Death by Single-Race Categories, 2018–2020. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10-expanded.html.

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