Some Facts About Death In The United States
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Your eventual demise is a certainty, so you might as well have the facts of death.
Without further adieu, as we are all running on borrowed time, here are some facts about death in the United States, based on 2013 Census data, unless otherwise noted.
Number of deaths: 2,596,993
Death rate: 821.5 deaths per 100,000 population
Life expectancy: 78.8 years (It was around 60, back in the 1930s, according to the CDC.)
Infant Mortality rate: 5.96 deaths per 1,000 live births
Leading causes of death:
Heart disease: 611,105
Cancer: 584,881
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
Alzheimer's disease: 84,767
Diabetes: 75,578
Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979
Kidney disease: 47,112
Suicide: 41,149
Heart disease and cancer have maintained the top two death positions for the past 75 years.
Between 2006 and 2010, 5,865 Americans died from heat (2,027), cold (3,192) or floods (646).
