US Leading Causes of Deaths in 2022 (CDC)
Updated on October 8, 2024.
According to the CDC data, in 2022, there were 3,289,569 recorded deaths in the US. The leading cause of deaths was Heart Diseases, with a count of 938,886 deaths (28.54% of total). The second leading cause was Cancer, with a count of 598,435 deaths (18.19% of total). And, the third leading cause was Accidents, with a count of 233,654 deaths (7.10% of total).
The chart below shows the percentages of deaths related to the top 10 causes. The table below shows the number and percentage of deaths for the different causes of deaths in the US.
Data Source: CDC.
US Leading Causes of Deaths in 2022
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| Cause of Death | Number of Deaths | Percent of Total Deaths (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Heart Diseases | 938886 | 28.54 |
| All other diseases (Residual) | 831138 | 25.27 |
| Cancer | 598435 | 18.19 |
| Accidents | 233654 | 7.10 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 147569 | 4.49 |
| Alzheimer | 120166 | 3.65 |
| Diabetes | 101410 | 3.08 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis | 58022 | 1.76 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 54967 | 1.67 |
| Suicide | 49686 | 1.51 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 47179 | 1.43 |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 33022 | 1.00 |
| Homicide | 25086 | 0.76 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 10260 | 0.31 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 10165 | 0.31 |
| HIV | 4981 | 0.15 |
| Peptic ulcer | 4125 | 0.13 |
| Sudden infant death syndrome | 1533 | 0.05 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 1271 | 0.04 |
| Tuberculosis | 573 | 0.02 |
| Syphilis | 61 | 0.00 |