4 views left Get unlimited views with a free account

Take your business to the next level. Explore the latest trends and actionable insights to inform business strategy and pinpoint opportunities and risks.

The Total Deaths in United States of America (2020 - 2028, people)

The Total deaths in United States of America attained a value of 2,804,966 people in 2023
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.78% between 2020 to 2023, and is expected to grow by...
GlobalData projects the figure to grow at a CAGR of ...

The Total Deaths in United States of America (2020 - 2028, people)

View as table

Unlock Forecasts and Access to 55 Million Statistics for >20 Industries, for $700 a month

Buy now Ask for demo

Total Deaths

Total Deaths represent the total number of deaths occurring during a certain period. Similar to how life expectancy is measured, this measures the population's overall health by measuring the rate of deaths from all causes. Death is calculated by dividing the total number of deaths from a disease by the total population.

Total Deaths: Global Scenario

India, China, the United States, Russia, and Nigeria are among the top five countries with the highest number of deaths in the world in 2021. Montserrat, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Nauru, Saint Helena, Cook Islands, and Anguilla were among the nations with the lowest number of deaths globally in 2021.

According to World Health Organization (WHO), in the 24 months from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021, 14.91 million people died worldwide as a result of COVID-19, which is 9.49 million more deaths than were officially recognized as directly linked to COVID-19.

Total Deaths in the United States

The number of deaths in the United States attained a value of 2,761,699 people in 2021. It recorded a growth of 0.79% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Between 2018-2021, the number of deaths in the US declined by 2.83%. The number of deaths in the US was highest in 2018 with 2,842,181 people and lowest in 2020 with 2,740,064 people, between 2018 and 2021.

In the US, non-Hispanic Black or African American and American Indian or Alaskan Native populations had the highest overall death rates. After heart disease and cancer, COVID-19 was the third most common cause of death for a second consecutive year according to an analysis of national death certificate data by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Top Causes of Death in 2021:

Ischemic heart disease: Ischemic heart disease, which accounts for 16% of all deaths worldwide, is the world's leading cause of mortality. This disease has shown the highest increase in deaths since 2000, with an increase of more than 2 million deaths to 8.9 million deaths in 2019
Stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The second and third most common killers, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respectively account for 11% and 6% of all deaths
Lower respiratory infections: As the fourth most common cause of death, lower respiratory infections continued to be the most lethal communicable disease around the globe. The number of deaths has decreased significantly, though; in 2019, it claimed 2.6 million lives, 460,000 fewer than it had in 2000
COVID-19 deaths: More than 153 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3.2 million deaths associated with them had been reported to WHO as of 1 May 2021. The most severely impacted regions are the Americas and Europe, which combined account for more than 75% of all cases recorded globally and have case rates per 100,000 people that are 5,999 and 5,455, respectively