Category: Vital Statistics Rapid Release

U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease in 2023, First Time Since 2018

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Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2023—a decrease of 3% from the 111,029 deaths estimated in 2022. This is the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018. The data are featured in an interactive web data visualization. Read More >

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Life Expectancy Increases, However Suicides Up in 2022

Image on left shows smiling older man embracing contented baby with text on right stating life expectancy at birth increased more than a year from 2021 to 2022.

CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released two reports today examining provisional mortality data from 2022. While analysis shows the number and rate of suicides increased for the second year in a row from, overall life expectancy at birth increased by just over a year. This increase regains some of the 2.4 years of life Read More >

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Fetal Mortality Declined 5% Between 2021 and 2022

An image on the left shows a white flower floating on the water, and a transparent background box on the right states the overall fetal mortality rate declined 5% from 2021 to 2022.

According to analysis of data from the National Vital Statistics System, the overall fetal mortality rate in the United States declined 5% between 2021 and 2022, from 5.73 fetal deaths per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths to 5.45. The Vital Statistics Rapid Release, “Fetal Mortality in the United States: Final 2020-2021 and 2021-Provisional 2022” Read More >

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Infant Mortality Rate Sees First Rise in 20 Years

A white Calla lily flower and a lit white candle. The infant mortality rate increased 3% from 2021 to 2022.

A new Vital Statistics Rapid Release report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that the provisional infant mortality rate for the United States in 2022 rose 3% from 2021, the first year-to-year increase in the rate since 2001 to 2002. From 2002 to 2021 the infant mortality rate declined 22%. Detailed findings in Read More >

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New Analysis Looks at Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Xylazine

A wooden coffin being carried by several people dressed in suits. Text on the left side states that that the age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths involving xylazine increased 35 times from 2018 to 2021.

NCHS released a new report, “Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Xylazine, 2018‒2021,” that presents trends in drug overdose death rates involving xylazine from 2018 through 2021 in the United States. The report uses an established methodology for examining death certificate literal text to identify drug overdose deaths involving xylazine that occurred in the United States among Read More >

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Provisional Data Shows U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 in 2022

NCHS released the next set of monthly provisional drug overdose death counts that provide data through December 2022. The monthly counts are released under the Vital Statistics Rapid Release program as an interactive data visualization and are available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm. Findings: Provisional data show that the reported number of drug overdose deaths occurring in the Read More >

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Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths from 12 months ending in April 2022

New provisional data show that the number of drug overdose deaths occurring in the United States increased by almost 7% from the 12 months ending in April 2021 to the 12 months ending in April 2022, from 101,167 to 108,174. The number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12-month period Read More >

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Update to Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths from 12 months ending in February 2022

Provisional data show that the predicted number of drug overdose deaths showed an increase of almost 12% from the 12 months ending in February 2021 to the 12 months ending in February 2022, from 97,109 to 108,642. The predicted number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12-month period ending in Read More >

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Update to Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths from 12 months ending in January 2022

Provisional data show that the predicted number of drug overdose deaths showed an increase of 12.5% from 12 months ending in January 2022, from 95,440 to 107,375. The predicted number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12-month period ending in January 2022 (80,590) increased from 71,469 in the previous year. Read More >

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Births Rose for the First Time in Seven Years in 2021

The number of births in the United States and the general fertility rate increased for the first time in seven years during 2021. The data released today are featured by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The new report, “Births: Provisional Data for 2021,” analyzes data from more than 99% of birth certificates issued Read More >

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PODCAST – Q & A on 2020 Maternal Mortality Data

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220223/20220223.htm HOST: NCHS kicked off the month of February with the latest annual report on Births in the country, using final data from 2020.  Most of the data were already reported in the provisional 2020 report last May, but there are a few topics that did not appear in that report. For example, cigarette smoking during pregnancy.  The Read More >

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Monthly Provisional Drug Overdose Counts through September 2021

NCHS has released the next set of monthly provisional drug overdose death counts.  The monthly counts are released under the Vital Statistics Rapid Release program as an interactive data visualization. Note that due to recent improvements in the timeliness of death certificate reporting, provisional estimates of drug overdose deaths will now be reported 4 months after Read More >

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New NCHS Reports Released This Week

Exploring the Decline in the Singleton Preterm Birth Rate in the United States, 2019–2020Data Brief No. 430   (January 21, 2022)Key Finding:  The preterm birth rate for single deliveries declined slightly in 2020 after increasing by an average rate of 2% per year from 2014 through 2019. Fetal Mortality in the United States: Trends From 2014 Read More >

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Monthly Provisional Drug Overdose Counts through June 2021

NCHS has released the next set of monthly provisional drug overdose death counts.  The monthly counts are released under the Vital Statistics Rapid Release program as an interactive data visualization. Findings: Provisional data show that the predicted number of drug overdose deaths showed an increase of 20.6% from the 12 months ending in June 2020 to Read More >

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NEW FEATURE: Provisional 2020 and Partial 2021 Mortality Data Available on CDC WONDER

CDC WONDER now includes provisional 2020 and partial 2021 mortality statistics by multiple cause of death at the national, state and county level. Data are based on death certificates for U.S. residents. Multiple Cause of Death (Provisional) Read More >

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Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Top 100,000 Annually

Provisional data from NCHS indicate that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the 78,056 deaths during the same period the year before. Read more here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/20211117.htm The interactive web dashboard is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm Read More >

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PODCAST: The Record Increase in Homicide During 2020

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20211008/20211008.htm HOST: When analyzing trends among leading cause of death (as well as other health measures), it’s important to note that a statistically significant change from year-to-year, whether it be a percent increase or a percent decrease, usually ranges somewhere in the single digits.  So, for example in 2019, death rates from Septicemia dropped nearly Read More >

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Fact or Fiction – Homicide Rates

Source: National Vital Statistics System https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/mortality-dashboard.htm Read More >

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Monthly Provisional Drug Overdose Counts through February 2021

NCHS has released the next set of monthly provisional drug overdose death counts.  The monthly counts are released under the Vital Statistics Rapid Release program as an interactive data visualization. Findings:  Provisional data show that the predicted number of drug overdose deaths showed an increase of 30.4% from the 12 months ending in February 2020 Read More >

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NCHS Releases Latest Quarterly Birth Data Through Q1 2021

The data is available at the interactive web dashboard below: Quarterly Provisional Data for Selected Birth Estimates: Q1 2020 – Q1 2021 Vital Statistics Rapid Release Web Data Visualization https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/natality-dashboard.htm Read More >

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PODCAST: The 2020 Decline in Life Expectancy

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210721/20210721.htm HOST:  In February, we had a discussion with Elizabeth Arias with the NCHS Division of Vital Statistics about life expectancy in the United States during the first half of 2020, right as the pandemic was taking hold.  Americans lost a full year of life expectancy during that first part of 2020.  Today we feature Read More >

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Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Up Nearly 30% in 2020

The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has released full-year 2020 provisional drug overdose death data that estimates 93,331 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2020, an increase of 29.4% from the 72,151 deaths predicted in 2019. The data featured in an interactive web data visualization estimates overdose deaths from opioids increased from Read More >

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Declines in Births by Month: United States, 2020

NCHS released a report that presents provisional 2020 and final 2019 and 2018 data on changes in the number of U.S. births by race and Hispanic origin of mother and by month of birth and state. Findings: From 2019 to 2020, the number of births for the United States declined for each month, with the Read More >

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PODCAST: NHANES Updates, Drug Overdose Deaths, and ER Visits From Motor Vehicle Crashes

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210618/20210618.htm HOST:  In March of 2020, field operations for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – or NHANES – were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Field operations are scheduled to restart later this summer.  But the halt in operations presented a problem, since NHANES data traditionally is released in two-year cycles in order Read More >

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NCHS Releases Latest Provisional Drug Overdose Data

NCHS released the latest monthly preliminary counts of drug overdose deaths in the United States, covering the one-year period ending in November of 2020.  The data is now available in a web-based interactive dashboard at:  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm. Provisional data show that the reported number of drug overdose deaths occurring in the United States increased by 28.9% Read More >

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