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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
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.
These graphics of U.S. mortality trends since 1900 highlight the differences in age-adjusted death rates and life expectancy at birth by race and sex; childhood death rates by age group; and age-adjusted death rates for five selected major causes of death.
Life expectancy estimates, age-adjusted death rates, age-specific death rates, the 10 leading causes of death, infant mortality rates, and the 10 leading causes of infant death were analyzed by comparing 2021 and 2020 final data (1).
4 maj 2023 · The estimated 2022 age-adjusted death rate decreased by 5.3%, from 879.7 per 100,000 persons in 2021 to 832.8. COVID-19 was reported as the underlying cause or a contributing cause in an estimated 244,986 (7.5%) of those deaths (61.3 deaths per 100,000).
5 dni temu · The age-adjusted death rate among adults aged ≥65 years declined from 6,717.6 per 100,000 standard population in 1970 to 4,073.8 in 2019. Death rates increased in 2020 and 2021 but then declined to 4,470.0 in 2022.
22 kwi 2022 · In 2021, approximately 3,458,697 deaths † occurred in the United States. From 2020 to 2021, the age-adjusted death rate (AADR) increased by 0.7%, from 835.4 to 841.6 per 100,000 standard population. COVID-19 was reported as the underlying cause or a contributing cause in an estimated 460,513 (13.3%) of those deaths (111.4 deaths per 100,000).
