Category: Deaths
PODCAST: Life Expectancy Fell in 2021 for the Second Year in a Row
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220831/20220831.htm HOST: In 2020, the United States experienced the biggest one-year drop in life expectancy since World War II, mostly due to the pandemic. All 50 states had declines in life expectancy that year. These declines were detailed in a new report released in mid-August. On the last day of the month, NCHS released new estimates for 2021, Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Deaths Involving Exposure to Excessive Heat, by Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999–2020
During 1999–2020, the annual number of deaths from excessive natural heat ranged from a low of 297 in 2004 to a high of 1,153 in 2020. The number of deaths among males increased from 622 deaths in 1999 to 822 deaths in 2020, but there was no statistically significant increase among females. During 1999–2020, there Read More >
Posted on byHIV Deaths from 1999-2020
Year Deaths Death Rate Per 100,000 1999 14,802 5.3 2000 14,478 5.2 2001 14,175 5 2002 14,095 4.9 2003 13,658 4.7 2004 13,063 4.5 2005 12,543 4.2 2006 12,113 4 2007 11,295 3.7 2008 10,285 3.3 2009 9,406 3 2010 8,369 2.6 2011 7,683 2.4 2012 7,216 2.2 2013 6,955 2.1 2014 6,721 2 2015 Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Suicides and Homicides Involving a Firearm Among Persons Aged ≥10 Years, by Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020
In 2020, among persons aged ≥10 years, the percentage of suicide deaths that involved a firearm was lowest among those aged 25–44 years (45.1%) and highest among those aged ≥65 years (70.8%). The percentage of homicide deaths that involved a firearm decreased with age, from 91.6% among those aged 10–24 years to 46.0% among those Read More >
Posted on byTuberculosis Deaths in U.S. from 1999-2020
Year Deaths Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000 1999 930 0.3 2000 776 0.3 2001 764 0.3 2002 784 0.3 2003 711 0.2 2004 657 0.2 2005 648 0.2 2006 652 0.2 2007 554 0.2 2008 585 0.2 2009 529 0.1 2010 569 0.2 2011 539 0.2 2012 510 0.1 2013 555 0.1 2014 493 Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Rate of Unintentional Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Deaths Among Persons Aged ≤19 Years, by Age Group and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018–2020
During 2018–2020, death rates for unintentional traumatic brain injury among persons aged ≤19 years were higher for males than for females in each age group. Rates were highest for males (6.1 per 100,000) and females (2.9) among persons aged 15–19 years. Rates were lowest for males and females aged 5–9 years (1.1 and 0.8, respectively) Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Death Rates Attributed to Excessive Cold or Hypothermia, by Urbanization Level and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, 2018–2020
During 2018–2020, death rates attributed to excessive cold or hypothermia were generally higher in more rural areas. Among females, the death rate increased from 0.11 per 100,000 for those residing in large central metro areas, to 0.40 for those in noncore (rural) areas. Among males, the death rates were lowest for those residing in large Read More >
Posted on byMonthly Provisional Drug Overdose Counts through June 2021
NCHS has released the next set of monthly provisional drug overdose death counts. The monthly counts are released under the Vital Statistics Rapid Release program as an interactive data visualization. Findings: Provisional data show that the predicted number of drug overdose deaths showed an increase of 20.6% from the 12 months ending in June 2020 to Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST – 2020 Final Death Statistics: COVID-19 as an Underlying Cause of Death vs. Contributing Cause
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220107/20220107.htm HOST: NCHS closed out the year in December with the release of final data on deaths in the United States for 2020. As in past years, these final death statistics focus on conditions or injuries that are listed as the underlying cause of death on the death certificate, and do not include conditions or Read More >
Posted on byNEW FEATURE: Provisional 2020 and Partial 2021 Mortality Data Available on CDC WONDER
CDC WONDER now includes provisional 2020 and partial 2021 mortality statistics by multiple cause of death at the national, state and county level. Data are based on death certificates for U.S. residents. Multiple Cause of Death (Provisional) Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Heart Disease Among Adults Aged 45–64 Years, by Urbanization Level and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
In 2019, the age-adjusted death rate from heart disease among adults aged 45–64 years was 121.1 per 100,000 and was higher in rural counties (160.0) than urban counties (114.5). Among men, the age-adjusted death rate from heart disease was 221.4 in rural counties and 165.1 in urban counties. Among women, the age-adjusted death rate from Read More >
Posted on byDrug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Top 100,000 Annually
Provisional data from NCHS indicate that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the 78,056 deaths during the same period the year before. Read more here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/20211117.htm The interactive web dashboard is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm Read More >
Posted on byQ & A with Author: Rural-urban Differences in Unintentional Injury Death Rates Among Children Aged 0-17: United States, 2018-2019
Questions for Matthew Garnett, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Rural-urban Differences in Unintentional Injury Death Rates Among Children Aged 0-17: United States, 2018-2019.” Q: Can you describe what unintentional injury deaths are? MG: Unintentional injury deaths include fatal injuries that were unintended, unplanned, and did not occur on purpose. In contrast, intentional injuries include Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Suicide, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
In 2019, among males, non-Hispanic White males had the highest age-adjusted rate of firearm-related suicide at 15.8 per 100,000 population, followed by non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native males (11.2), non-Hispanic Black males (6.9), Hispanic males (4.6), and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander males (3.2). Among females, non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: The Record Increase in Homicide During 2020
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20211008/20211008.htm HOST: When analyzing trends among leading cause of death (as well as other health measures), it’s important to note that a statistically significant change from year-to-year, whether it be a percent increase or a percent decrease, usually ranges somewhere in the single digits. So, for example in 2019, death rates from Septicemia dropped nearly Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction – Homicide Rates
Source: National Vital Statistics System https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/mortality-dashboard.htm Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Female Breast Cancer, by State — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
In 2019, the age-adjusted rate of female breast cancer deaths in the United States was 19.4 per 100,000 population. Jurisdictions in the highest category for breast cancer death rates were DC (24.5), Nevada (23.7), Nebraska (22.4), Kentucky (22.2), Louisiana (22.0), and Mississippi (22.0). Those in the lowest category were North Dakota (14.8), Massachusetts (15.3), Vermont Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Cancer, by Urban-Rural Status and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999–2019
Cancer death rates declined among males and females during 1999–2019 in urban areas from 249.6 per 100,000 to 168.4 for males and from 168.2 to 123.9 for females. Rates also declined in rural areas from 262.4 to 195.6 for males and from 165.4 to 139.2 for females. Throughout the period, cancer death rates were higher Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Death Rates from Colorectal Cancer by Age Group — United States, 1999–2019
During 1999–2019, deaths per 100,000 persons from colorectal cancer decreased among persons aged 55–64 years (from 33.5 to 24.4), persons aged 65–74 years (from 77.4 to 41.5), and persons aged 75–84 years (from 146.7 to 77.9). The death rate from colorectal cancer among persons aged 45–54 years generally increased from 1999 (11.1) to 2019 (12.0). Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Injury Deaths as a Percentage of Total Deaths, by Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
Injuries accounted for the majority of deaths among persons aged 15–39 years, with the highest percentages among those aged 15–19 (76.0%) and 20–24 years (78.2%). The percentage of injury deaths was lowest among those aged <1 year (7.9%), 60–64 years (7.5%), and ≥65 years (3.4%). Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Read More >
Posted on byLatest Quarterly Infant Mortality Rate Estimates
NCHS released the latest quarterly estimates of infant mortality rates in the U.S. The data shows infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.43 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in the one-year period ending in September 2020, no significant change from the year before. The data is featured in a web-based interactive dashboard Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Drowning Deaths Among U.S. Children
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210716/20210716.htm HOST: We’re joined today by Merianne Spencer, the author of a new study on accidental drowning deaths among children in the United States. HOST: So briefly describe to us the scope of the problem. MERIANNE SPENCER: Sure. So unintentional drowning deaths are the second leading cause of injury death among children, those aged zero to 17, Read More >
Posted on byDrug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Up Nearly 30% in 2020
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has released full-year 2020 provisional drug overdose death data that estimates 93,331 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2020, an increase of 29.4% from the 72,151 deaths predicted in 2019. The data featured in an interactive web data visualization estimates overdose deaths from opioids increased from Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: NHANES Updates, Drug Overdose Deaths, and ER Visits From Motor Vehicle Crashes
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210618/20210618.htm HOST: In March of 2020, field operations for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – or NHANES – were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Field operations are scheduled to restart later this summer. But the halt in operations presented a problem, since NHANES data traditionally is released in two-year cycles in order Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: The 2020 Increase in Death Rates Were The Highest Ever Recorded
STATCAST, JUNE 2021: DISCUSSION WITH FARIDA AHMAD, STATISTICIAN, ABOUT LATEST PROVISIONAL QUARTERLY MORTALITY DATA. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210611/20210611.htm HOST: Each quarter NCHS releases provisional data on mortality from leading causes of death in the U.S. on an interactive web-based dashboard. This week the dashboard was updated to include Quarter 4 data from 2020 and gives a complete account of provisional Read More >
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