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Video: 2018-2024 Top 10 Causes of Death, U.S.

Reviewing both count and rate

A video version of my prior post here:

Mortality with Meep

2024 U.S. Top Causes of Death by Age Group, Preliminary

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July 26, 2025
2024 U.S. Top Causes of Death by Age Group, Preliminary

As 6 months have passed since the end of 2024, the censoring of external causes of death information in CDC WONDER (the main CDC public database system) has ceased. Therefore, I feel comfortable in putting together a preliminary ranking table for causes of death in the U.S. for 2024.

Go to the above post for the spreadsheet behind the ranking tables I’m presenting.

More Mortality Resources

To look at more mortality resources, check out the central organizing mortality post:

Mortality with Meep

Mortality Posts and Resources: 2025 Update

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January 19, 2023
Mortality Posts and Resources: 2025 Update

This is a work in progress, and I will be pinning it at various places (Twitter/X, substack, LinkedIn) to make it easy to find.

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