Mortality Statistics
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NCHS is responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with new resources to help monitor and report deaths. Please visit our COVID-19 Death Data and Reporting Guidance page to stay up to date on the latest information.
National-level mortality data help track the characteristics of those who have died, monitor and make decisions about public health challenges, determine life expectancy, and compare death trends with other countries. Learn more
What's New
- Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/2020)
- Guidance for Certifying Deaths Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pdf icon[PDF – 292 KB]
- Monthly Drug Overdose Counts
- Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2018
- Mortality in the United States, 2018
- Changes in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010–2018
Page last reviewed: April 3, 2020
Content source: National Center for Health Statistics