Combined with the devastation of two World Wars—and the Spanish Flu pandemic in between—the leading causes of death changed significantly after this period. So, too, did the way we diagnose ...

Michigan State University research assistant Randy Olson has made a chart that compares common causes of death in 1900 to common causes of death today. Cancer is now a leading cause of death in ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases were the sixth leading cause of death for both men and women; however, the burden of deaths was higher for women (5.0%) than men (4.0%). The ten leading causes ...

Suicide is currently the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. This translates into an annual suicide rate of approximately 14 per 100,000 people dying a year by suicide (44,193 a year), ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart ...

The table below shows how this rate compares to other leading causes of death in the United States. Data collected by the CDC from 2018 to 2022. Leading causes of death in the United States Number ...