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Cause-of-death statistics for 2020 presented in this report are classified according to the 10th revision of ICD (ICD–10) (6). Discussions of the cause-of-death classification and coding rule changes in data year 2020 are provided in the Technical Notes at the end of this report. Procedures for ranking causes of death
Provisional estimates indicate a 17.7% increase in the number of deaths in 2020 (the increase in the age-adjusted rate was 15.9%) compared with 2019, with increases in many leading causes of death. 1 The provisional leading cause-of-death rankings for 2020 indicate that COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the US behind heart ...
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Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2020 was 77.0 years, a decrease of 1.8 years from 2019. The age-adjusted death rate increased by 16.8% from 715.2 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2019 to 835.4 in 2020. Age-specific death rates increased from 2019 to 2020 for each age group 15 years and over.
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death rates increased from 2019 to 2020 for age groups 15 years and over and decreased for age group under 1 year. Many of the 15 leading causes of death in 2020 changed from 2019. COVID-19, a new cause of death in 2020, became the third leading cause in 2020. The infant mortality rate decreased 2.9% to a historic low
Objective-This report presents final 2020 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant and maternal mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin and race, state of residence, and cause of death.
May 5, 2021 · No. of deaths by year; Cause of death 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020; Total deaths: 2 712 630: 2 744 248: 2 813 503: 2 839 205: 2 854 838: 3 358 814: Heart disease: 633 842: 635 260: 647 457: 655 381: 659 041: 690 882: Cancer: 595 930: 598 038: 599 108: 599 274: 599 601: 598 932: COVID-19 b: 345 323: Unintentional injuries: 146 571: 161 374: 169 ...
Jan 31, 2022 · Merethe Svarstad Eeg/EyeEm/Getty Images. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2020, the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. accounted for 74.1% of the total...
