Major causes of death were ranked based on the crude mortality rate – annual deaths per 100,000 Americans – from 2018 to June 1, 2024.

The crude death rate for 2023 decreased to 7 deaths per 1.000 population, from 7.8 in 2022. Life expectancy at birth was estimated at 81 years for males and 85 years for females in 2023 ...

There were 715 fewer births last year than in 2023, which had a crude birth rate of 5.81 per 1,000 people, the data showed. Deaths last year totaled 202,107, or a crude death rate of 8.80 per 1,000 ...