US Life Expectancy Near Record High as Death Rate Drops
TL;DR
A CDC report shows the US age-adjusted death rate fell to a record low in 2025 (about 689 per 100,000), putting life expectancy on track for a new high. The rate is down roughly 22% since 2021 and is below pre-pandemic levels, with heart disease and cancer still the leading causes of death and overdoses remaining a major but improving factor (about 70,000 overdose deaths in 2025). Overall, mortality improvements span all age groups, even as the overdose crisis persists.
- US Life Expectancy On Track To Reach Record High Slashdot
- US life expectancy on track to reach record high as death rate falls to record low in 2025 CNN
- A drop in fatal overdoses helps push the U.S. death rate to a record low The Washington Post
- US death rate at record low: CDC data The Hill
- Fewer Americans are dying than ever — and experts think they know why The Independent
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