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21 charts about health, each with its public source, its numbers and its date.
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How many overdose deaths involve prescription opioids?
6,758 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending April 2026 involved natural and semi-synthetic opioids, the group that includes prescription painkill...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of Apr 30, 2026
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Which drugs are involved in US overdose deaths?
In the 12 months ending April 2026, fentanyl and other synthetic opioids were involved in 34,523 US overdose deaths, more than any other drug, followed by me...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of Apr 30, 2026
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How many overdose deaths involve methamphetamine?
24,153 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending April 2026 involved methamphetamine or a similar stimulant such as amphetamine. That is down from a ...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of Apr 30, 2026
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How many overdose deaths involve heroin?
1,738 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending April 2026 involved heroin, about a tenth of the peak of about 16,200 in mid-2017. A death can involv...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of Apr 30, 2026
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Which age groups have the highest drug overdose death rates?
In the 12 months through June 2025, people aged 35 to 44 had the highest drug overdose death rate, 39.4 deaths per 100,000 people that age, followed closely ...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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How many overdose deaths involve cocaine?
18,965 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending April 2026 involved cocaine, down from a peak of about 30,500 in mid-2023 but more than three times ...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of Apr 30, 2026
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How does heart disease compare with cancer as a cause of death in the US?
In 1950 there were about 3 heart disease deaths for every cancer death in the US. By 2018 there were 1.1, because the heart disease death rate fell much fast...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How has the US heart disease death rate changed since 1900?
The US heart disease death rate peaked in 1950 at 588.8 deaths per 100,000 people and fell 72% to 163.6 by 2018, when heart disease was still the leading cau...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How has the US death rate from flu and pneumonia changed since 1900?
Influenza and pneumonia killed 297.5 people per 100,000 in 1900 and 612.4 in 1918, the year of the influenza pandemic. By 2018 the rate was 14.9, about 95% l...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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What do Americans aged 85 and over die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, heart disease was the leading cause of death for Americans aged 85 and over, at 3,759 deaths per 100,000 people that age,...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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What do Americans aged 45 to 54 die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, cancer (79.6 deaths per 100,000 people aged 45 to 54) and heart disease (72.0) were the leading causes of death in this a...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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What do young Americans aged 15 to 24 die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, unintentional injuries (which include accidental overdoses and traffic crashes) were the leading cause of death for Ameri...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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How has the US cancer death rate changed since 1900?
The US cancer death rate rose from 114.8 deaths per 100,000 people in 1900 to a peak of 216.0 in 1990, then fell 31% to 149.1 by 2018. Rates are age-adjusted...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How long do Americans live, and how has that changed since 1900?
A baby born in the US in 2018 could expect to live 78.7 years, up from 47.3 in 1900. The sharpest drop was in 1918, to 39.1 years, during the influenza pande...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Death rates and life expectancy at birth · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How many Americans die of drug overdoses each year?
65,726 people died of drug overdoses in the US in the 12 months ending April 2026, down about 41% from a peak of about 111,500 in mid-2023 and the fewest sin...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of Apr 30, 2026
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How has the US teen birth rate changed since 1940?
There were 12.6 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 in 2024, the lowest since at least 1940. The rate has fallen about 80% since 1991 (61.8) and about 87%...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Birth rates for females by age group and Health, United States · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What do Americans die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, heart disease (204 deaths per 100,000 people) and cancer (183) were the leading causes of death in the US, together about...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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How many overdose deaths involve fentanyl and similar drugs?
34,523 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending April 2026 involved synthetic opioids other than methadone, mostly illegally made fentanyl. That is ...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of Apr 30, 2026
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Which states have the highest drug overdose death rates?
In the 12 months through June 2025, Alaska had the highest drug overdose death rate, 43.6 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by New Mexico (41.9) and West V...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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At what ages do American women have babies?
In 2024 women aged 30 to 34 had the highest birth rate, 93.7 births per 1,000 women, just ahead of women aged 25 to 29 (89.5). Teens aged 15 to 19 (12.6) and...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States (birth and fertility rates) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Are more women in their early 40s having babies?
There were 12.7 births per 1,000 women aged 40 to 44 in 2024, more than three times the low of 3.8 in 1981. It is still below the 1940s and 1950s, about 15 t...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Birth rates for females by age group and Health, United States · Data as of Dec 31, 2024