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. 2024 Dec;(521):CS356116. doi: 10.15620/cdc/170564

Mortality in the United States, 2023.

Sherry L Murphy, Kenneth D Kochanek, Jiaquan Xu, Elizabeth Arias
PMCID: PMC11770397  PMID: 39819663

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This report presents final 2023 U.S. mortality data on deaths and death rates by variables such as sex, age, race and Hispanic origin, and cause of death.

KEY FINDINGS

Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2023 was 78.4 years, an increase of 0.9 year from 2022. The age-adjusted death rate decreased by 6.0% from 798.8 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2022 to 750.5 in 2023. Age-specific death rates decreased from 2022 to 2023 for all age groups 5 years and older.

METHODS

The data shown in this report reflect information collected by the National Center for Health Statistics for 2022 and 2023 from death certificates filed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and compiled into national data known as the National Vital Statistics System. The race and Hispanic-origin groups shown in this report follow the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards and differ from the bridged-race categories shown in reports for data years before 2018.

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