Deaths and Mortality
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of deaths: 2,813,503
- Death rate: 863.8 deaths per 100,000 population
- Life expectancy: 78.6 years
- Infant Mortality rate: 5.79 deaths per 1,000 live births
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, tables 1, 3, 13 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
- Heart disease: 647,457
- Cancer: 599,108
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383
- Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404
- Diabetes: 83,564
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 55,672
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 50,633
- Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, table B pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
More data: reports and tables
- Mortality in the United States, 2018
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
- Trends in Deaths from Health, United States
- United States Life Tables, 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
- Mortality Patterns Between Five States With Highest Death Rates and Five States With Lowest Death Rates: United States, 2017
- Mortality Trends by Race and Ethnicity Among Adults Aged 25 and over: United States,2000-2017
- Dementia Mortality in the United States, 2000–2017 pdf icon[PDF – 611 KB]
- Hospitalization, Readmission, and Death Experience of Noninstitutionalized Medicare Fee-for-service Beneficiaries Aged 65 and Overpdf icon
More data: query tools
Page last reviewed: May 3, 2017
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics