Mortality – All Cause Mortality
This indicator reports the 2019-2023 five-year average rate of death per 100,000 population. Figures are reported as crude rates, and as rates age-adjusted to year 2000 standard where available. Rates are resummarized for custom report areas from county level data, only where data is available.
Source
Accessed via CDC WONDER.
Source Description
The Division of Vital Statistics is a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) responsible for maintaining birth and death records for the nation. Data are compiled for the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) through a joint effort between the NCHS and various state and local health agencies, who are responsible for registering vital events – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths. NVSS statistics are released annually in various data warehouses, including CDC WONDER , VitalStats, and the Health Indicator Warehouse .
Methodology
County population figures and death statistics are acquired using CDC WONDER from the Underlying Cause of Death database. Data were acquired for all-cause mortality and for mortality for the top 15 causes of death for years 2019-2023. The leading causes of death, also called the rankable causes are a subset of the 113 selected causes of death selection of codes from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10th revision. The ICD-10 is the current global health information standard for mortality and morbidity statistics. The ICD has been maintained by the World Health Organization since its conception in 1948. A searchable, detailed list of current ICD-10 Codes (Version 2019) is available from the World Health Organization.
Mortality rates were acquired from the source. For the 2019-2023 period, the following are listed as the top causes of death for the United States: .
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#Diseases of heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51)
- #Malignant neoplasms (cancer) (C00-C97)
- #COVID-19 (U07.1)
- #Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)
- #Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) (I60-I69)
- #Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)
- #Alzheimer disease (G30)
- #Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)
- #Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27)
- #Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)
- #Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74)
- #Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60-X84,Y87.0)
- #Septicemia (A40-A41)
- #Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10,I12,I15)
- #Parkinson disease (G20-G21)
For more information, please refer to the CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death documentation.
Data Breakouts Available
- Leading Cause of Death
- All Cause Mortality, Crude Rate (Per 100,000 Pop.) by Race / Ethnicity
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