2023 U.S. Top Causes of Death by Age Group, Finalized
More 2023 mortality final stats to come
The finalized 2023 U.S. death data were uploaded to CDC WONDER today… so now it’s time for me to update all my usual mortality graphs and tables!
The first set to update are the top causes of death, overall, by age group, and by sex. This was the preliminary set of tables, and these finalized tables will not be very different.
The only change I noticed is that for children aged 5-14, the count for two causes of death were very close, and they switched their ranking in the final count.
Ranking Causes of Death 2018-2023, Count
As a reminder, “Accidents” include drug overdoses, which has been a huge driver of the increase in deaths in that category since 2019.
Yes, motor vehicle accident deaths have also contributed, but not as much as drug ODs.
Ranking Causes of Death 2018-2023, Age-Adjusted Death Rates
An explanation of age-adjusted death rates is here:
Ranking Tables for 2023 Causes of Death by Age, U.S., Count
In this post, I am splitting out the causes of death ranking solely by age groups. In future posts, I will split by sex, because these numbers and rankings will be very different in that situation.
Ranking Tables for 2023 Causes of Death by Age, U.S., Rate
I will be updating the main mortality resources post soon, so that these ranking tables and other important mortality posts will be linked there.
More to come!
Spreadsheet
Selected Ranking Table Posts
Jul 2024: 2023 U.S. Top Causes of Death by Age Group, Preliminary
May 2024: 2022 Top Causes of Death in the U.S. by Age Group and Sex, Finalized
Jan 2023: Top Causes of Death, US, 2018-2021
Jan 2023: Top Causes of Death by Age Group, 2021: Finalized U.S. Stats
May 2022: Top Causes of Death for 2021: Heart Disease, Cancer, and COVID
Jan 2022: Top Causes of Death by Age Group, 2020: Death Rates
Jan 2022: Top Causes of Death by Age Group, 2020: Raw Numbers
Apr 2021: Mortality with Meep: Top Causes of Death in the United States in 2020
June 2017: Mortality Monday: Cause of Death, 2014
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