Causes of death in the United States over the 20th century
The annual reported number of deaths, broken down by cause. This includes accidents, non-communicable causes, and a category showing communicablecauses, infectious, neonatal and other deaths together.
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- Acute hepatitis death rate
- Amphetamine use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
- Amphetamine use disorder death rateWHO
- Amphetamine use disorder deaths by sex
- Annual death rate from all causes
- Annual deaths from road incidents
- Annual number of deaths: reported versus estimated
- Autopsy rate
- Cancer death rate by age groupWHO
- Causes of deathIHME
- Causes of death
- Causes of death in 15- to 49-year-olds
- Causes of death in 50- to 69-year-olds
- Causes of death in children aged 5 to 14
- Causes of death in children under five
- Causes of death in the over 70s
- Causes of death, by income group
- Child mortality by the type of congenital birth defect
- Child mortality rate by cause
- Chronic respiratory disease deaths by age
- Chronic respiratory diseases death rateIHME, age-standardized
- Chronic respiratory diseases death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
- Cocaine use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
- Cocaine use disorder death rateWHO
- Cocaine use disorder death rate by age
- Cocaine use disorder deaths by sex
- Congenital birth defect mortality rates in children under-5
- Countries adopting the International Classification of Diseases guidelines
- Crude death rate
- Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearWHO
- Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearIHME
- Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Sweden
- Death rate attributed to household air pollution
- Death rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
- Death rate by age group in England and Wales
- Death rate by cause
- Death rate due to low physical activityIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate due to low physical activityIHME, crude
- Death rate due to road traffic injuries
- Death rate from Alzheimer'sIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from Alzheimer'sIHME, crude
- Death rate from Alzheimer'sWHO
- Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseIHME, crude
- Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseWHO
- Death rate from ambient particulate air pollutionCrude
- Death rate from cancerWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized, reported
- Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesIHME, crude
- Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Global Health Estimates, crude, estimated
- Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized, reported
- Death rate from cardiovascular diseases by age groupWHO Mortality Database, crude, reported
- Death rate from cardiovascular diseases in 15- to 49-year oldsIHME
- Death rate from chronic respiratory diseasesIHME
- Death rate from communicable vs. non-communicable diseases
- Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, crude
- Death rate from diabetes
- Death rate from diabetesIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from diabetesIHME, crude
- Death rate from diabetesWHO
- Death rate from digestive diseasesIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from digestive diseasesIHME, crude
- Death rate from digestive diseasesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
- Death rate from drowningIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from drowningIHME, crude
- Death rate from drowningWHO
- Death rate from fallsWHO
- Death rate from fallsIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from fallsIHME, crude
- Death rate from fires and burnsIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from fires and burnsIHME
- Death rate from fires and burnsWHO
- Death rate from high blood sugarIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from high blood sugarIHME, crude
- Death rate from hypertensionIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from hypertensionIHME, crude
- Death rate from indoor air pollutionCrude
- Death rate from indoor air pollution in 1990 vs. 2021
- Death rate from infectious diseasesIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from infectious diseasesIHME, crude
- Death rate from liver diseaseIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from liver diseaseIHME, crude
- Death rate from malnutritionIHME, crude
- Death rate from malnutritionWHO
- Death rate from meningitisIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from meningitisIHME, crude
- Death rate from meningitisWHO
- Death rate from obesityIHME, crude
- Death rate from pneumoniaIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from pneumoniaIHME, crude
- Death rate from pneumoniaWHO
- Death rate from poisoningIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from poisoningIHME, crude
- Death rate from poisoningWHO
- Death rate from pregnancy or maternal conditionsWHO
- Death rate from pregnancy or maternal conditionsIHME
- Death rate from respiratory infectionsIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from respiratory infectionsIHME, crude
- Death rate from road incidents for 15-to-49-year olds
- Death rate from road injuriesIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from road injuriesIHME, crude
- Death rate from road injuriesWHO
- Death rate from secondhand smokeIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from secondhand smokeIHME, crude
- Death rate from smokingIHME, crude
- Death rate from smoking by age
- Death rate from strokeIHME, crude
- Death rate from strokeWHO, age-standardized
- Death rate from unintentional poisoning
- Death rate from unsafe sexIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from unsafe sexIHME, crude
- Death rate from upper respiratory infections, by age
- Death rate from venomous animal contact
- Death rate from venomous snakes
- Death rates from different causesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
- Death rates from different causes in France over the 20th century
- Death rates from different causes in the United States over the 20th century
- Death rates from natural disasters
- Deaths attributed to drug useIHME
- Deaths attributed to drug use by age
- Deaths by ageIHME
- Deaths by age group in England and Wales
- Deaths by risk factor
- Deaths by risk factor for ages 15-49
- Deaths by risk factor for ages 5-14
- Deaths by risk factor for ages 50-69
- Deaths by risk factor for over 70s
- Deaths by risk factor for under-5s
- Deaths due to high blood sugar
- Deaths due to low physical activity
- Deaths due to measles
- Deaths due to obesity
- Deaths due to unsafe sex
- Deaths from Alzheimer'sIHME
- Deaths from Alzheimer'sWHO
- Deaths from Parkinson's diseaseIHME
- Deaths from Parkinson's diseaseWHO
- Deaths from acute hepatitis, by age
- Deaths from acute hepatitis, by type
- Deaths from air pollution, by age
- Deaths from cancerWHO
- Deaths from chronic respiratory diseases
- Deaths from conflict and terrorismIHME, GBD
- Deaths from cysticercosis
- Deaths from dementia-related diseases, by age
- Deaths from diabetesIHME
- Deaths from diabetesWHO
- Deaths from diabetes, by age
- Deaths from diabetes, by type
- Deaths from digestive diseases
- Deaths from drowningIHME
- Deaths from drowningWHO
- Deaths from drowning, by age
- Deaths from encephalitis, by age
- Deaths from fallsWHO
- Deaths from fallsIHME
- Deaths from fire, by age
- Deaths from fires and burnsIHME
- Deaths from fires and burnsWHO
- Deaths from infectious diseases
- Deaths from liver disease
- Deaths from malnutritionIHME
- Deaths from malnutritionWHO
- Deaths from measles, by age
- Deaths from meningitisIHME
- Deaths from meningitisWHO
- Deaths from meningitis, by age
- Deaths from natural disasters
- Deaths from obesity, by age
- Deaths from pneumoniaIHME
- Deaths from pneumoniaWHO
- Deaths from poisoningIHME
- Deaths from poisoningWHO
- Deaths from rabies, by age
- Deaths from respiratory infections
- Deaths from road incidents, by age
- Deaths from road injuriesIHME
- Deaths from road injuriesWHO
- Deaths from syphilis, by age
- Deaths from tobacco smoking, by age
- Deaths from venomous animal contact
- Deaths from venomous snakes
- Deaths from yellow fever, by age
- Deaths in road incidents
- Dengue fever deaths
- Drowning death rate in children under the age of 5
- Drug overdose death rate by drug typeUnited States (CDC WONDER)
- Drug use disorder deathsIHME, by type of drug
- Drug use disorder deathsWHO
- Drug use disorder deaths by ageWHO
- Drug use disorder deaths by sex
- Estimated cumulative excess deaths during COVID, from the WHO
- Estimated cumulative excess deaths, from The Economist and the WHO
- Expected chances of death from non-communicable diseases, by gender
- Expected share of deaths from non-communicable diseases
- Fatal occupational injury rates
- Global aviation fatalities by flight phase
- Hepatitis B: total number of deaths
- Hepatitis B: total number of deaths by age group
- Hepatitis C: total number of deaths
- Hepatitis C: total number of deaths by age group
- ICD version used to classify causes of death
- Incidence of meningitis
- Incidence of tuberculosisIHME
- Incidence of venomous animal contact
- Infectious and parasitic diseases death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
- Leading broad cause of death
- Leading causes of death
- Major causes of child deaths
- Neonatal asphyxia and trauma mortality rates
- Neonatal deaths by cause
- Number of child deaths by the type of congenital birth defect
- Number of children that die from road injuries
- Number of deathsUnited Nations
- Number of deathsWHO
- Number of deathsIHME
- Number of deaths by age groupOver time
- Number of deaths from HIV/AIDSWHO GHE
- Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by ageIHME
- Number of deaths from cervical cancer
- Number of deaths from hypertensionIHME
- Number of deaths from strokeIHME
- Number of deaths from strokeWHO
- Number of infant deathsUN via WHO
- Number of new cases and deaths from cervical cancer
- Number of reported road incidents
- Opioid use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
- Opioid use disorder death rateWHO
- Opioid use disorder death rate by age
- Opioid use disorder deaths by sex
- Population whose cause of death is registered
- Prevalence rate of diabetes in adultsWHO Global Health Observatory, age-standardized, estimated
- Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79
- Prevalence rate of obesity in adultsAge-standardized
- Probability of dying, by age
- Protein-energy malnutrition mortality rates in children
- Rate of deaths attributed to drug useIHME, age-standardized
- Rate of deaths attributed to drug useIHME
- Reported deaths from rabies
- Reported suicide ratesWHO Mortality Database
- Respiratory infection death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
- Respiratory infections death rate by age group
- Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers
- Road incident death rate vs. GDP per capita
- Road mortality rate, IHME vs. WHO data
- Sales of cigarettes per adult per day
- Share of all deaths attributed to sub-optimal temperatures
- Share of deaths by age groupIHME
- Share of deaths by cause
- Share of deaths by risk factorIHME
- Share of deaths for which the cause is registered
- Share of deaths from all causes attributed to cold or heat
- Share of deaths from major causesWHO Mortality Database
- Share of deaths from opioid use disorders
- Share of deaths from secondhand smoke
- Share of deaths from underlying causes
- Share of deaths registered with an ill-defined cause of death
- Share of deaths that are registered
- Substance use disorder deathsIHME, drugs dissagregated
- Substance use disorder deathsWHO
- Sweden: Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths, by date of death
- Tuberculosis death rate
- Tuberculosis deathsWHO 2023
- Tuberculosis deathsWHO GHE
- UK: Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per 100,000
- UK: Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths
- Unintentional injuries death rate by age group