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Coverage dated September 9, 2025

U.S. death rate drops to lowest level since 2020 with COVID no longer a leading cause

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The death rate in the United States decline by 3.8% in 2024, falling to the lowest level since 2020, according to a federal report​.

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  1. CBS News

    U.S. death rate drops to lowest level since 2020 with COVID no longer a leading cause (opens CBS News)

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    The death rate in the United States decline by 3.8% in 2024, falling to the lowest level since 2020, according to a federal report​.

  2. ABC 7 Chicago

    CDC finds 4% drop in US death rate in 2024. Experts say decline may be due to COVID (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    The U.S. death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisi...

  3. ABC 12 Flint

    U.S. death rate fell to pre-COVID levels in 2024, CDC report says (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as COVID-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published

  4. CNN

    US death rate dropped back to pre-Covid levels in 2024, CDC report says (opens CNN)

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    The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

  5. PhillyVoice

    U.S. death rate falls to lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC report says (opens PhillyVoice)

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    The United States death rate in 2024 was the lowest it has been since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a new CDC report. Heart disease and cancer were the leading causes of death, with suicide replacing COVID as the 10th leading cause of death.

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