Deaths: Leading Causes for 2017

On June 24, 2019, the National Center for Health Statistics released this report on the leading cause of deaths in 2017. In the report, the researchers describe the objectives, methods, findings, and conclusions of the study. —The report presents final 2017 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race,
and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are also presented . . .