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Leading Causes of Death in the U.S.

Interactive mortality data filtered by age group, gender, and disease category. Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System.

U.S. Mortality Data Explorer

National leading causes of death, age-adjusted rates, state-level comparison, and historical trends. Sourced from CDC NVSS, NCHS Open Data, HDPulse, and WHO.

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Total Deaths Shown

2,240,974

Filtered results · CDC NVSS 2023

Causes Shown

of 11 total

Preventable Causes

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Heart Disease

ChronicPreventable

680,981 deaths/yr162.1/100k22% of total

3.1%

Cancer

ChronicPreventable

613,352 deaths/yr141.8/100k19.8% of total

0.8%

Unintentional Injuries

InjuryPreventable

222,698 deaths/yr62.3/100k7.2% of total

1.9%

Stroke

ChronicPreventable

162,639 deaths/yr39/100k5.3% of total

0.2%

CLRD

ChronicPreventable

145,357 deaths/yr33.4/100k4.7% of total

2.1%

Alzheimer's Disease

Chronic

114,034 deaths/yr27.7/100k3.7% of total

4.5%

Diabetes

ChronicPreventable

95,190 deaths/yr22.4/100k3.1% of total

7.8%

Kidney Disease

ChronicPreventable

55,253 deaths/yr13.1/100k1.8% of total

1.6%

Liver Disease

ChronicPreventable

52,222 deaths/yr13/100k1.7% of total

7.7%

COVID-19

InfectiousPreventable

49,932 deaths/yr11.9/100k1.6% of total

73.2%

Suicide

InjuryPreventable

49,316 deaths/yr14.1/100k1.6% of total

0.3%

Data Sources & Reference Databases

CDC NVSS HDPulse (NIMHD)Human Mortality Database WHO GHO NHLBI Research

National data: CDC NVSS 2023 Final (deaths & percentages) and CDC Open Data API for age-adjusted rates and state comparisons (1999–2017 NCHS dataset). Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 allow valid comparison across states and time periods regardless of population age structure.