Deaths and Mortality

(Data are for the U.S. and are final 2009 data; For the most recent preliminary data see Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010 [PDF - 724 KB])

 

• Number of deaths: 2,437,163
• Death rate: 793.8 deaths per 100,000 population
• Life expectancy: 78.5 years
• Infant Mortality rate: 6.39 deaths per 1,000 live births

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:

• Heart disease: 599,413
• Cancer: 567,628
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
• Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
• Diabetes: 68,705
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 1, 7, 10, 20 [PDF - 2.1 MB]

 

More data

• 75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 1935–2010
• Death in the United States, 2009 [PDF - 699 KB]
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2008 [PDF - 2.8 MB]
• Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010 [PDF - 724 KB]
• Health Data Interactive
• Health, United States
• The Changing Profile of Autopsied Deaths in the United States, 1972–2007 [PDF - 642 KB]
• United States Life Tables, 2007 [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• United States life tables by Hispanic origin [PDF - 775 KB]