Leading causes of death U.S. 2020-2022

During the months December 2020, January 2021, and February 2021, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in the United States based on the average number of daily deaths. Heart disease and cancer are usually the number one and number two leading causes of death, respectively. This statistic shows the average number of daily deaths in the United States among the leading causes of death from March 2020 to September 2022.

Average number of daily deaths in the United States among the leading causes of death from March 2020 to September 2022

Characteristic	Accidents	Alzheimer	Cancer	COVID-19	Diabetes	Heart disease	Respiratory	Stroke
September-22	593	301	1,705	441	245	1,913	369	433
August-22	593	302	1,675	522	246	1,946	363	429
July-22	593	303	1,664	410	256	1,991	363	429
June-22	593	301	1,642	353	256	2,000	384	428
May-22	593	302	1,645	355	255	2,007	391	427
April-22	563	298	1,631	433	258	2,029	385	440
March-22	594	307	1,642	1,061	280	2,101	394	452
February-22	621	373	1,657	2,194	305	2,302	421	495
January-22	615	411	1,708	2,045	351	2,518	468	520
December-21	618	350	1,696	1,485	301	2,296	436	480
November-21	617	346	1,679	1,153	292	2,175	406	466
October-21	618	322	1,682	1,549	278	2,095	392	447
September-21	643	332	1,674	1,971	289	2,096	391	441
August-21	643	314	1,695	911	282	2,076	395	429
July-21	648	292	1,654	284	254	1,975	378	422
June-21	649	293	1,639	348	258	1,967	372	415
May-21	617	295	1,640	585	262	1,982	369	424
April-21	630	297	1,630	794	270	2,023	363	437
March-21	597	318	1,628	1,183	279	2,074	373	446
February-21	585	356	1,648	2,328	304	2,224	387	469
January-21	596	412	1,662	3,096	334	2,346	416	490
December-20	571	426	1,669	2,583	328	2,308	417	487
November-20	561	388	1,664	1,333	295	2,149	401	453
October-20	557	357	1,651	792	269	2,021	373	435
September-20	574	349	1,655	773	266	1,982	368	426
August-20	605	354	1,653	930	271	2,009	377	426
July-20	607	356	1,627	855	276	2,033	373	416
June-20	593	332	1,597	652	251	1,957	363	411
May-20	587	345	1,583	1,329	272	2,018	395	415
April-20	516	410	1,633	2,057	322	2,331	470	451
March-20	498	367	1,671	173	267	2,118	492	443

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Release date

November 2022

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United States

Survey time period

March 2020 to September 2022

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "For accidents from April 2022 onward, the January - March 2022 daily average is plotted. Respiratory disease represents chronic lower respiratory disease."

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