Number of deaths by cause in the US by age

Tags: Cause of death Cancer Heart disease Infectious and parasitic diseases Blood and immune disorders

Function family: Several function families at once Topic: Public health

Data for deaths per thousand people in the US at each age for all causes of death during 2018–2024.

May be used in activities where students are asked to identify function families which may be good fits of each.

Plots for each cause

See this html file

Data

The following data comes from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics, Date accessed, May 15, 2026. Available from http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10-expanded.html.

Adapted data (Excel file) in which cause of death terms that have been renamed for non-experts as follows:
- Neoplasms –> Cancers
- External Causes –> Accidents
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium –> Maternal pregnancy complications
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period –> Pregnancy and birth complications
Same as above, but sorted by cause of death
Raw data from the CDC.