New data from the National Vital Statistics System show differences in mortality rates based on sex, race, and comorbidities in the United States. The National Center for Health Statistics’ (NCHS) ...

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it's been in more than a ...

(CNN) — More people died from suicide in the United States last year than any other year on record, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least ...

Drug overdose deaths in Arkansas fell by more than 25% last year, the third straight annual decline, although the number remained slightly above pre-pandemic levels, according to provisional federal ...

While the final figure is still being determined, the provisional data predict a total of 69,096 drug overdose deaths for a 12-month period ending November 2018, compared with the predicted 72,287 for ...

ValuePenguin looks at 11 scenarios where heat was listed as an underlying cause of death. Here’s a national and state look at those figures. Extreme heat feels like the new normal for many in the U.S.