US death rate hit a record low in 2025, CDC data reveals. Declining drug overdose and COVID-19 deaths drove the overall mortality decrease.
America just logged its lowest overall death rate since federal recordkeeping began, but a couple of old killers are quietly creeping back up the chart. New CDC data show the US death rate fell 4.6% ...
The U.S. death rate dropped to its lowest level on record in 2025, according to provisional data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this week. The CDC’s National Center for Health ...
The U.S. death rate hit a record low in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The age-adjusted death rate for 2025 was 689.2 per 100,000 — a decline of 4.6% from 2024, and ...