Deaths and Mortality

(Data are for the U.S. and are final 2010 data; For the most recent preliminary data see Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2011 [PDF - 1.7 MB])

 

• Number of deaths: 2,468,435
• Death rate: 799.5 deaths per 100,000 population
• Life expectancy: 78.7 years
• Infant Mortality rate: 6.15 deaths per 1,000 live births

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:

• Heart disease: 597,689
• Cancer: 574,743
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859
• Alzheimer's disease: 83,494
• Diabetes: 69,071
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,476
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 50,097
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38,364

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2010, tables 1, 7, 10, 20 [PDF - 3.1 MB]

 

More data

• 75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 1935–2010
• Death in the United States, 2010
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2009 [PDF - 2.5 MB]
• Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2011 [PDF - 1.7 MB]
• Health Data Interactive
• Health, United States
• United States Life Tables, 2008 [PDF - 1.3 MB]