Deaths and Mortality
- Life expectancy: 77.5 years
- Infant Mortality rate: 5.60 deaths per 1,000 live births
Source: Mortality in the United States, 2022, data tables for figures 1, 5
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
- Heart disease: 702,880
- Cancer: 608,371
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 227,039
- COVID-19: 186,552
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 165,393
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 147,382
- Alzheimer’s disease: 120,122
- Diabetes: 101,209
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 57,937
- Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: 54,803
Source: Mortality in the United States, 2022, data table for figure 4
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of deaths: 3,279,857
- Death rate: 984.1 deaths per 100,000 population
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2022) via CDC WONDER
More data: reports and tables
- Deaths: Final Data for 2020 [PDF – 3 MB]
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2021 [PDF – 3 MB]
- Trends in Deaths from Health, United States
- United States Life Tables, 2021 [PDF – 2 MB]
- U.S. State Life Tables, 2020 [919 KB]
- Death Rates by Marital Status for Leading Causes of Death: United States, 2010-2019 [PDF – 332 KB]
- Trends in Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 1999-2019
- Mortality Among Adults Ages 25 and Older by Marital Status: United States, 2010–2017
- Mortality Patterns Between Five States With Highest Death Rates and Five States With Lowest Death Rates: United States, 2017
- Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2021 | MMWR