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US Life Expectancy on Track to Reach Record High as Death Rate Falls to Record Low in 2025
The decline was driven by fewer COVID-19 and overdose deaths, while flu and pneumonia rose 17% and returned to the top 10 causes.
- On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the U.S. provisional death rate fell 4.6% in 2025, reaching 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people, the lowest recorded in more than a century.
- Declines in drug overdose deaths and a diminished toll from COVID-19 drove the overall mortality decline, federal health officials said. About 70,000 overdose deaths in 2025 reflected sharp decreases that contributed significantly to the rate drop.
- Influenza and pneumonia deaths rose 17% to 56,511 in 2025, climbing from 11th to eighth place among leading causes of mortality. The CDC linked the spike to a severe 2024-25 flu season and a poorly matched vaccine strain.
- Disparities persist, as death rates among Black Americans and American Indian people remain more than twice as high as those for Asian people. Men also recorded substantially higher mortality rates than women at 811 versus 583 per 100,000.
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Americans are living longer again, but one surprising trend stands out
WASHINGTON — Americans continued to live longer in 2025 as the nation’s death rate dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, according to new provisional federal data released Thursday, reflecting continued improvements following the COVID-19 pandemic and fewer deaths from several major causes.
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