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Mar 7, 2023 · In 2020, approximately 3,358,814 deaths † occurred in the United States. 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.
- Farida B. Ahmad, Jodi A. Cisewski, Arialdi Miniño, Robert N. Anderson
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Nine of the 10 leading causes of death in 2020 remained the same as in 2019, although 5 causes switched rank; heart disease and cancer remained the top 2 leading causes, and COVID-19 became the third leading cause of death in 2020.
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Apr 22, 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).
Data are for the U.S. 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. Last Reviewed: May 2, 2024. CDC/National Center for Health Statistics.
Weekly confirmed COVID-19 deaths Map of cumulative COVID-19 death rates by US state. The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19.
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.
In 2020, a total of 3,383,729 resident deaths were registered in the United States—528,891 more deaths than in 2019. The number of deaths for which COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death was 350,831 (10.4% of the total number of deaths in 2020).
