Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased following the overturning of Roe v. Wade because children with congenital ...

age-specific and age-standardized death rates are projected to decline over the next 20 years. The average annual rate of decline is greater (at about 3%) for Group I causes than for Group II causes.

The "America in Facts 2024" report, published in July, used CDC data to calculate the leading causes of death by age from 2020 to 2021. Heart disease and cancer have been the leading causes of ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. Mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Having certain underlying health ...

There are sex-specific differences for risk factors, hospitalization rates, and in-hospital mortality in patients with stroke.

and age-specific mortality rates were calculated for younger than 25 years, aged 25 to 64 years, and 65 years and older. The deaths that occurred in the group reporting more than 1 race were only ...

In 2024, the countries with the highest infant mortality rates were Afghanistan ... is defined as the death of an infant before the age of one and it is an important measure of maternal and ...

The study reveals how mortality rates among young Black people and working-age people rose during the pandemic, highlighting ...

SUID is defined as sudden death of a child younger than 1 year of age where the cause of death ... Paules and investigators analyzed cause-specific death rates and overall SUID rates.

About The Study: This study highlights that progress in reducing excess mortality rates among Black individuals was made primarily in reducing deaths from cancer and cardiovascular diseases among ...

In this cross-sectional study of the U.S. population during the COVID-19 public health emergency, excess mortality occurred in all racial and ethnic groups, with disparities affecting several ...