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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the leading causes of death for 2023, and there are some surprises in the mix. While COVID-19 has been a major cause for years ...
Covid-19 fell from the fourth leading cause of death to the 10th; there were about 76,000 deaths associated with the virus in 2023, down 69% from the more than 245,000 deaths in 2022.
Death rates fell for nine of the top 10 causes in 2023, while the rate of cancer deaths was largely unchanged. The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 dropped significantly last year.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. It is an underlying cause of many cancers, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and respiratory diseases. [43] Smoking usually refers to smoking of tobacco products. E-cigarettes also pose large risks to health. [44]
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2023.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
On January 12, 2022, when the death toll had already reached 842,000, a CDC ensemble forecast predicted that 62,000 people would die over the next four weeks. [136] At the start of January 2023, when the US death toll had accumulated to over 1,120,000, the IHME projected that the death toll would reach 1,130,000 by April 1. [137]
But by 2023, COVID had fallen to the last slot in the top 10 causes of death. That’s thanks in large part to the fact that nearly all Americans have antibodies from vaccination, prior infection ...
Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...