Deaths and Mortality

• Number of deaths: 2,626,418
• Death rate: 823.7 deaths per 100,000 population
• Life expectancy: 78.8 years
• Infant Mortality rate: 5.82 deaths per 1,000 live births

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, tables 1, 7, 10, 20 [PDF – 4.4 MB]

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:

• Heart disease: 633,842
• Cancer: 595,930
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 155,041
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 146,571
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 140,323
• Alzheimer’s disease: 110,561
• Diabetes: 79,535
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 57,062
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 49,959
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,193

Source: Health, United States, 2016, Table 19 (Data are for 2015)