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In 2019, the 10 leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, Alzheimer disease, diabetes, kidney disease, influenza and pneumonia, and suicide) remained the same as in 2018, although two causes exchanged ranks
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Results—In 2019, the 10 leading causes of death were, in rank order: Diseases of heart; Malignant neoplasms; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Cerebrovascular diseases; Alzheimer disease; Diabetes mellitus; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; Influenza and pneumonia; and Intentional self-harm ...
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The 10 leading causes of death accounted for 74.1% of all deaths in the United States in 2020. Causes of death are ranked according to number of deaths. Rankings for 2019 data are not shown. Data table for Figure 4 includes the number of deaths for leading causes and the percentage of total deaths.
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Mar 12, 2020 · Real GDP in the United States, 1950–2019. Source: FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data); data from Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Data are for the U.S.
•Heart disease: 695,547
•Cancer: 605,213
•COVID-19: 416,893
•Accidents (unintentional injuries): 224,935
•Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 162,890
•Provisional Leading Causes of Death for 2023 – CDC Wonder
•Provisional Leading Causes of Death for 2022 – CDC Wonder
•Deaths: Final Data for 2019 [PDF – 3 MB]
•Deaths: Leading Causes for 2020 [PDF – 2 MB]
•Trends in Leading causes of death from Health, United States
•Death Rates by Marital Status for Leading Causes of Death: United States, 2010-2019 [PDF – 332 KB]
Cause of death was defined as the medical con dition that had started the events that led direct ly to death, as recorded by the physician on the death certificate.1 Deaths from external causes...
Apr 4, 2021 · From 2019 to 2020, the estimated age-adjusted death rate increased by 15.9%, from 715.2 to 828.7 deaths per 100,000 population. COVID-19 was reported as the underlying cause of death or a contributing cause of death for an estimated 377,883 (11.3%) of those deaths (91.5 deaths per 100,000).