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Heart disease, cancer deaths increased in 2024: CDC

09/11/2025|Source Author|

Heart disease and cancer were the leading causes of death in the U.S. in 2024, according to a CDC report published Sept. 10. 

The analysis is based on 99.9% of 2024 death records as of June 1, 2025.

Here are five things to know from the CDC report:

  1. The number of heart disease and cancer deaths increased between 2023 and 2024, though the overall death rate decreased by 3.8%.
  1. The overall age-adjusted death in 2024 was 722 per 100,000 people.
  2. Men had a higher age-adjusted death rate compared to women in 2024 at 844.8 and 613.5, respectively.
  3. The overall age-adjusted death rate in 2024 was lowest for the multiracial non-Hispanic population at 332.3 per 100,000 people and highest for the Black non-Hispanic population at 884 per 100,000.
  4. Suicide replaced death from COVID-19 as the 10th-leading cause of death in 2024.

Here were the 10 leading causes of death in 2024, according to the CDC:

  1. Heart disease: 683,037
  2. Cancer: 619,812
  3. Unintentional injury: 196,488
  4. Stroke: 166,783
  5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 145,612
  6. Alzheimer’s disease: 116,016
  7. Diabetes: 94,382
  8. Kidney disease: 55,070
  9. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: 52,259
  10. Suicide: 48,683

Read the full report here.

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