Deaths and Mortality

• Number of deaths: 2,744,248
• Death rate: 849.3 deaths per 100,000 population
• Life expectancy: 78.6 years
• Infant Mortality rate: 5.87 deaths per 1,000 live births

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2016, tables 1, 3, 13 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:

• Heart disease: 635,260
• Cancer: 598,038
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 161,374
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 154,596
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 142,142
• Alzheimer’s disease: 116,103
• Diabetes: 80,058
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 51,537
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 50,046
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,965

Source: Health United States, 2017 Table 19 pdf icon[PDF- 11.1 MB] (Data are for 2016)

• Mortality data
• Linked birth and infant death data
• Where to Write for Vital Records