Advance
Report of Final Mortality Statistics, 1993
In
1993, 2,268,533 deaths were registered in the United States, 92,940 more than in 1992 (
the highest number ever registered), according to the National Center for Health
Statistics. The Advance Report of Final Mortality Statistics, 1993 presents
detailed analyses of causes of death, life expectancy, infant mortality, and maternal
mortality. The data in this report are based on information from all death certificates
filed in the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Data Highlights:
The
death rate in 1993 was 880 deaths per 100,000 population, which represents a 3 percent
increase than the 1992 rate of 852 deaths per 100,000 population.
Homicide,
accidents, and AIDS were the causes contributing most to increases in death rates for
younger age groups; while the causes contributing most to increases in death rates for the
older age groups were heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied
conditions, and pneumonia.
Increases
in mortality resulted in a decline from 75.8 years in 1992 to 75.5 years in 1993 in life
expectancy at birth. This is the first decline in life expectancy for the U.S. population
since 1980.
In
1993, 33,466 infant deaths were reported, an infant mortality rate of 8.4 deaths per 1,000
live births. Black infant mortality has declined (16.5 per 1,000 live births), however,
the rate is still higher than white infants (6.8 per 1,000 live births).
In
1993, 16,754 deaths were recorded for Alzheimer's disease, an age-adjusted death rate of
2.3 per 100,000 population.