There were about 3.1 million deaths in the US last year, for an age-adjusted rate of 750 deaths for every 100,000 people. In 2022, there were 799 deaths for every 100,000 people. The US death rate ...

Here’s what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed: — COVID-19 fell to the 10th leading cause of death. Early in the pandemic, the coronavirus was the nation’s third ...

Though its fatality rate has fallen, COVID ... leading causes of death by 2023, according to the new study. “It’s great to ...

In 2022, COVID-19 was the fourth leading cause of death, but it dropped to the 10th leading cause of death ... decreased by 4% in 2023, the first drop since 2018. Drug overdose deaths have surged ...

And even though COVID is no longer causing the same kind of punishing waves of illness and death as it once did, it was still the 10th leading cause of death among adults in 2023. From September ...