Combined with the devastation of two World Wars—and the Spanish Flu pandemic in between—the leading causes of death changed ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released data revealing the 10 leading causes of death in the country -- information that can be invaluable both to families who have an affected loved one ...

Michigan State University research assistant Randy Olson has made a chart that compares common causes of death in 1900 to common causes of death today. Cancer is now a leading cause of death in ...

Preliminary data from the CDC shows there were 627 deaths from COVID-19 in Washington last year, for a crude rate of 8 per ...

Suicide is currently the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. This translates into an annual suicide rate of approximately 14 per 100,000 people dying a year by suicide (44,193 a year), ...

In 2023, firearms remained the leading cause of death among American youth for the third year in a row, followed by motor vehicle accidents, according to the latest mortality data released by the ...

Drowning is one of the leading causes of death globally for children and young people aged 1-24 years. Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death, accounting for 7% of all ...

Infectious diseases are a leading cause of death worldwide, particularly in low-income countries, especially in young children. In 2019, two infectious diseases - lower respiratory infections and ...