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causes. By 2020, 37% of autopsies were performed for deaths due to diseases and 60% due to external causes. Keywords: autopsy rate • cause of death • National Vital Statistics System. Introduction. An autopsy, a medical examination of a deceased person, may be performed under different circumstances and may
in 2020. Death certificates are generally completed by funeral directors, attending physicians, medical examiners, and coroners. 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
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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.
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
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2020, with an estimated 345 323 deaths, and was largely responsible for the substantial increase in total deaths from 2019 to 2020. Substantial increases from 2019 to 2020 also occurred for several other leading causes.
- Farida B Ahmad, Robert N Anderson
- 2021
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 disease ...
Life expectancy at birth was 77.0 years, a decrease of 1.8 years from 2019. Age-specific 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.
