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Mortality in the United States, 2023

NCHS Data Brief No. 521, December 2024

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Sherry L. Murphy, B.S., Kenneth D. Kochanek, M.A., Jiaquan Xu, M.D., and Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D.

Key findings

Data from the National Vital Statistics System

• Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2023 was 78.4 years, an increase of 0.9 year from 2022.
• The age-adjusted death rate decreased by 6.0% from 798.8 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2022 to 750.5 in 2023.
• Age-specific death rates decreased from 2022 to 2023 for all age groups 5 years and older.
• The 10 leading causes of death in 2023 remained the same as in 2022, although some causes changed ranks; heart disease, cancer, and unintentional injuries remained the top 3 leading causes in 2023.
• The infant mortality rate of 560.2 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 did not change significantly from the rate in 2022 (560.4).

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