Heart disease is the leading cause of death in 41 states, according to CDC data. In April, the CDC updated its state data on leading causes of death, and mortality rates for several diseases and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heart disease and cancer remained the leading causes of death in the US in 2025. - Charlie Riedel/AP/File New mortality data from ...

Between 1999 and 2022, the US had substantially higher death rates than other wealthy nations, largely due to cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases (including diabetes), Alzheimer's disease and ...

COVID-19 was a leading cause of US excess deaths from 2020-2022, representing 1 in 5 US excess deaths in 2020 and 2021, and also coinciding with sharp increases in other diseases. Importantly, the ...

New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.