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3 days ago · This Viewpoint from the National Center for Health Statistics reports the leading causes of death in the US from 2019 to 2023, including the emergence of COVID-19 and shifts in other top causes as pandemic deaths decreased.
3 days ago · COVID-19 death counts and rates include deaths for which COVID-19 is listed on the death certificate as an underlying or contributing cause of death. ¶ Leading causes of death were ranked by counts based on underlying cause of death (3). Data in this report exclude deaths among residents of U.S. territories and foreign countries.
3 days ago · The report relied on death certificates from 2019 through 2023. Covid-19 was documented as the underlying or contributing cause of 76,446 deaths in 2023, a 68.9% decrease from the year before.
2 days ago · Here are five big takeaways. 1. Heart disease and cancer are still the leading causes of death. For more than 100 years, heart disease has been the number one No. 1 cause of death in the U.S, and ...
4 days ago · The natural-cause death rate for those 25-54 years old is 43 percent higher in rural than urban areas, according to a report released from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is a shift from ...
2 days ago · Thanatology. Autopsy (1890) by Enrique Simonet. Thanatology is the scientific study of death and the losses brought about as a result. It investigates the mechanisms and forensic aspects of death, such as bodily changes that accompany death and the postmortem period, as well as wider psychological and social aspects related to death.
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2 days ago · — The leading causes of death were heart disease, cancer and a category of injuries that includes gun deaths and drug overdoses. — There were nearly 3.1 million deaths last year in the U.S ...
