Mortality In The United States, 2020

On December 15, 2021, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this report on mortality in the U.S. in 2020. It presents final 2020 U.S. mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns in U.S. residents by variables such as sex, age, race and Hispanic origin, and cause of death. Life expectancy estimates, age-adjusted death rates, age-specific death rates, 10 leading causes of death, and 10 leading causes of infant death were analyzed by . . .