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Deaths from flu and pneumonia, meanwhile, rose to be the eighth-leading cause of death last year amid lower uptake of the flu ...

Why US death rate has fallen to record low

The U.S.'s death rate fell to a record low in 2025, driven by fewer overdose and COVID-19 deaths, CDC data shows.
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Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Rise as Death Rate Decline Slows

Prostate cancer incidence is increasing, especially in advanced stages, reversing previous declines and slowing mortality rate improvements. Racial disparities persist, with Black and Native American ...
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Editorial: State’s OD death decline reason for guarded optimism

Reason to celebrate, but not overestimate. That should be the takeaway from the state’s most recent fatal drug overdose statistics. Deaths in Massachusetts last year from that cause dropped to its ...
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From Death to Birth: Mortality Decline and Reproductive Change

Chapter: 7 The Relationship Between Infant and Child Mortality and Fertility: Some Historical and Contemporary Evidence for the United States Unfortunately, this book can't be printed from the ...
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From Death to Birth: Mortality Decline and Reproductive Change

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