Mortality Statistics
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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
- Trends in Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 1999–2019 (9/2021)
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2019 pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB] Supplemental Tables pdf icon[PDF ‐ 1.5 MB](7/2021)
- Deaths: Final Data for 2019 pdf icon[PDF – 2.6 MB] Supplemental Tables pdf icon[PDF ‐ 2.6 MB] (7/2021)
- Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 508 KB] Supplemental Tables pdf icon[PDF – 262 KB] (07/2021)
- Unintentional Drowning Deaths Among Children Aged 0–17 Years: United States, 1999–2019 (7/2021)
- Drug-involved Infant Deaths in the United States, 2015–2017 pdf icon[PDF – 329 KB] (6/2021)
Page last reviewed: September 21, 2021
Content source: National Center for Health Statistics