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- Heart Disease. According to the most recent report from the NCHS, heart disease (otherwise known as coronary artery disease) killed 695,547 people in the United States in 2021.
- Cancer. According to the NCHS, 605,213 people died of cancer in the United States in 2021. Though the cancer rate declined more among males than females (30% vs. 25%), the actual number of deaths is 19% higher in males, mainly from lung, prostate, pancreatic, and colon cancer.
- Unintentional Death. While heart disease, cancer, and stroke are largely aging-related, unintentional death is more common in adults under 65—and is, in fact, the leading cause of death in people under 45.
- COVID-19. While COVID-19 may not kill as many people as it did during the height of the pandemic, it is still a major cause of concern for older adults.
In 2020, the average age of death in the US was 73.7 years old, a decrease of 0.09% from 2019's age of death of 73.8 years. Average age of death By ethnicity By race Table Explorer.
Find out the average life expectancy at birth for males and females in different countries and regions. Compare the data based on the latest United Nations estimates and see the trends over time.
This report provides final 2022 U.S. mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. For males, life expectancy increased 1.3 years from 73.5 in 2021 to 74.8 in 2022.
May 2, 2024 · Males: 74.8 years. Females: 80.2 years. Source: Mortality in the United States, 2022 (Figure 1)
For this table, the period life expectancy at a given age is the average remaining number of years expected prior to death for a person at that exact age, born on January 1, using the mortality rates for 2021 over the course of his or her remaining life.
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Aug 31, 2022 · For men, the one-year decline in life expectancy was attributed primarily to mortality from COVID-19 (49.5% of the decline), unintentional injuries (19.1%), suicide (3.6%), chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (3.4%), and homicide (2.5%).
