Wondering how many people died the year you were born? These are the rates from 1933-2018 – Daily Ardmoreite

Grant Suneson | 24/7 Wall Street

The coronavirus has caused over 100,000 deaths and over 1 million infections in the United States so far in 2020. While for many Americans the pandemic has dramatically increased the risk of death, life expectancy in the U.S. has risen steadily for many years. American children born in 2018 are more likely to live longer and healthier lives than they were just a few decades earlier.

Since the 1930s, the life expectancy at birth in America has increased from 60-plus years to nearly 70 years. The nation's mortality rate annual deaths per 100,000 people has been decreasing steadily over the past century, from over 1,800 per 100,000 in the late 1930s to less than 800 per 100,000 since 2006.

24/7 Wall St. reviewed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Census Bureau to determine how many people died each year since 1933. Data on the leading causes of death also came from the CDC.

For decades, the two most common causes of death have remained the same. Heart disease has been the deadliest condition in America since 1920, when pneumonia and influenza deaths began to decline. Cancer has ranked as the second-most common cause of death in America since 1938. Though both men and women can develop these diseases, the incidence is higher among men.

From 1938 to 2008, the third leading cause of death was cerebrovascular disease, a group of conditions that affect the blood flow to the brain such as stroke, stenosis, aneurysms, and vascular malformations. In 2009, chronic lower respiratory diseases replaced cerebrovascular disease as the third-leading cause of death. Mortality rates for these types of conditions which include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, emphysema, and others have increased by more than 30% from 1980 to 2014, which could reflect a number of factors, including historical smoking patterns, poverty, dietary factors, occupational exposures and others.

Despite the spike in mortality rates from these diseases, accidents supplanted respiratory diseases as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2016. Accidental deaths are at an all-time high, accounting for more than 1 in 20 deaths in the country. This increase is largely due to the ongoing opioid epidemic. With more than 67,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2018, drug overdose was the most common type of accidental death.

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Age-adjusted death rate: 1,850 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 63.3 years

Deaths: 1,342,106

Population: 125,578,763

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (286,360 deaths, 21.3% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (128,479 deaths, 9.6% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Pneumonia and influenza (120,142 deaths, 9.0% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,888 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 61.1 years

Deaths: 1,396,903

Population: 126,373,773

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (303,724 deaths, 21.7% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (134,428 deaths, 9.6% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Pneumonia and influenza (122,441 deaths, 8.8% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,860 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 61.7 years

Deaths: 1,392,752

Population: 127,250,232

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (312,333 deaths, 22.4% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (137,649 deaths, 9.9% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Pneumonia and influenza (132,625 deaths, 9.5% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,964 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 58.5 years

Deaths: 1,479,228

Population: 128,053,180

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (341,350 deaths, 23.1% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Pneumonia and influenza (153,189 deaths, 10.4% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cancer (142,613 deaths, 9.6% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,883 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 60.0 years

Deaths: 1,450,427

Population: 128,824,829

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (346,401 deaths, 23.9% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Pneumonia and influenza (148,014 deaths, 10.2% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cancer (144,774 deaths, 10.0% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,764 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 63.5 years

Deaths: 1,381,391

Population: 129,824,939

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (350,168 deaths, 25.3% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (149,214 deaths, 10.8% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (111,567 deaths, 8.1% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,767 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 63.7 years

Deaths: 1,387,897

Population: 130,879,718

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (360,634 deaths, 26.0% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (153,846 deaths, 11.1% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (114,967 deaths, 8.3% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,785 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 62.9 years

Deaths: 1,417,269

Population: 132,122,446

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (385,191 deaths, 27.2% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (158,335 deaths, 11.2% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (119,753 deaths, 8.4% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,695 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 64.8 years

Deaths: 1,397,642

Population: 133,402,471

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (386,141 deaths, 27.6% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (159,926 deaths, 11.4% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (118,584 deaths, 8.5% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,636 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 66.2 years

Deaths: 1,385,187

Population: 134,859,553

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (394,915 deaths, 28.5% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (163,400 deaths, 11.8% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (120,652 deaths, 8.7% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,702 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 63.3 years

Deaths: 1,459,544

Population: 136,739,353

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (421,391 deaths, 28.9% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (166,848 deaths, 11.4% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (127,300 deaths, 8.7% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,619 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 65.2 years

Deaths: 1,411,338

Population: 138,397,345

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (418,062 deaths, 29.6% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (171,171 deaths, 12.1% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (124,250 deaths, 8.8% of all deaths)

Age-adjusted death rate: 1,575 deaths per 100,000 people

Avg. life expectancy: 65.9 years

Deaths: 1,401,719

Population: 139,928,165

Leading cause of death: Heart disease (424,328 deaths, 30.3% of all deaths)

Second leading cause of death: Cancer (177,464 deaths, 12.7% of all deaths)

Third leading cause of death: Cerebrovascular diseases (129,144 deaths, 9.2% of all deaths)

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