The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the largest statistics causes of mortality in 2023.
The report, released by the agency on Aug. 8, is based on death records from the National Vital Statistics System.
A total of 3,090,582 deaths occurred in the United States in 2023, a decrease of 6.1% from 2022, the report said.
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“The overall death rate is going down,” said Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News and clinical professor of medicine at New York University Langone Medical Centertold Fox News Digital.
“Key change is decreased COVID deaths “as the population develops greater immunity.”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the leading causes of death in 2023. (REUTERS/Tami Chappell)
COVID-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022, associated with 245,614 deaths.
It fell to 10th place among causes of death in 2023, with 76,446 deaths.
Death rates were highest among older people, men and blacks, Siegel noted.
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“This is not surprising given the increasing risks in these groups, including high blood pressure and heart disease” he said.
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When considering demographic groups, overall mortality rates were lowest among “non-Hispanic multiracials” and highest among “non-Hispanic black or African American persons,” the report confirms.
Top 10 causes of death in 2023, according to the CDC. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Top 10 causes of death in 2023
Below are the top 10 underlying causes of death in the United States, as compiled by the CDC using data from the National Vital Statistics System.
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Unintentional injury
- Stroke
- Chronic lower respiratory tract diseases
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Diabetes
- Kidney disease
- Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
- COVID 19
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There were some limitations in the studyacknowledged the CDC.
“The data are provisional and numbers and rates may change as additional information is received,” the agency wrote in the report.
Heart disease was again the leading cause of death in 2023. (iStock)
The actual number of deaths may be higher in some categories due to a lag in reporting.
Different jurisdictions may also submit death certificates under different time frames, the agency noted.
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There is also a “risk of misclassification” among certain races and ethnicities, the report said, so that “mortality rates for some groups could be underestimated or overestimated.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the CDC and other doctors for comment.
