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Age-adjusted death rate for the 10 leading causes of death in 2021: United States, 2020 and 2021
1 Statistically significant increase from 2020 to 2021 (p< 0.05).
2 Statistically significant decrease from 2020 to 2021 (p< 0.05).
NOTES: A total of 3,464,231 resident deaths were registered in the United States in 2021. The 10 leading causes of death accounted for 74.5% of all U.S. deaths in 2021. Causes of death are ranked according to number of deaths. Rankings for 2020 data are not shown. Data table for Figure 4 includes the number of deaths for leading causes and the percentage of total deaths.Access data table for Figure 4.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality.
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