Causes of mortality in United States of America
United States of America: Causes of mortality was 3.09 million Deaths in 2023. β² Rising
Causes of mortality in United States of America, 1960β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
The most recent figure for causes of mortality in United States of America is 3.09 million Deaths, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in United States of America peaked at 3.46 million Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.70 million Deaths, in 1961.
United States of America ranks 1st of 36 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.82 million Deaths | 1.70 million Deaths | 1.93 million Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.93 million Deaths | 1.89 million Deaths | 1.97 million Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.06 million Deaths | 1.97 million Deaths | 2.17 million Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.27 million Deaths | 2.15 million Deaths | 2.39 million Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.43 million Deaths | 2.40 million Deaths | 2.47 million Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.67 million Deaths | 2.47 million Deaths | 2.85 million Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.30 million Deaths | 3.09 million Deaths | 3.46 million Deaths | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in United States of America?
- Causes of mortality in United States of America was 3.09 million Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.46 million Deaths in 2021.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.70 million Deaths in 1961.
- How does United States of America rank for causes of mortality?
- United States of America ranks 1st out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.