Federal statistics suggesting that maternal mortality rates plummeted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade are "highly misleading" and being misinterpreted by abortion opponents, according to new ...

“Maternal deaths have not, in fact, declined since the Dobbs decision.” The paper shines a light on how statistical artifacts from the COVID-19 pandemic can skew mortality data and calls into question ...

In 2022, there were 3,279,857 deaths in the U.S. The top five causes of death remain the same as in the previous two years, although COVID-19 has moved from the third leading cause to the fourth.

The National Weather Service statistics show that each year from 2016 to 2023, heat was the leading cause of weather deaths.

Unintentional falls among older adults have become increasingly deadly, with new federal data revealing significant increases ...

Heart attacks are the leading cause of death globally, yet some statistics from many different countries suggest these events ...

The latest 12-month report from the CDC showed 1,400 more deaths in January of this year compared with the year prior. This ...

Public health experts say the rising white death rate reflects a broader health crisis, one that has made the United States the least healthy affluent nation in the world over the past 20 years.

In comparison, federal disaster statistics record an average of 24 immediate deaths per storm. “The fact that the effect keeps going 15 years was a shock to us,” said Solomon Hsiang, professor ...