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Suicide Deaths: National Trends and Variation by Demographics and States
Issue BriefSuicide deaths fell slightly from their peak of 49,476 deaths in 2022 to 48,824 deaths in 2024, but trends by suicide method diverged: suicides by other means declined while firearm suicides reached their highest level and accounted for 57% of all suicides (up from 50% in 2014).
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Visualizing Health Policy: A Snapshot of Cancer Spending and Outcomes
News ReleaseThis Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides details on cancer spending and outcomes in the United States.
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The Pandemic’s Effect on the Widening Gap in Mortality Rate between the U.S. and Peer Countries
Issue BriefA new KFF brief looks at where COVID-19 falls as a leading cause of death in the U.S. compared to similarly large and wealthy countries. The analysis finds that COVID-19 mortality rates are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., a ranking shared by only one peer country, Belgium. In several other peer countries, including Australia and Germany, COVID-19 is not close to breaking into the top 10 leading causes of death. The…
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Premature Mortality During COVID-19 in the U.S. and Peer Countries
Issue BriefThis analysis finds that the U.S. had the highest rate of premature deaths amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021 among a group of 12 large, wealthy peer countries. The U.S. on average had more than two times the average years of life lost per 100,000 people as the United Kingdom, the country with the next highest rate.
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COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities through June 2021
Issue BriefThis data note examines state-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths in long-term care facilities through June prior to the recent rise in cases and deaths nationally linked to the spread of the Delta variant. It finds long-term care deaths down 96% from their peak in December as the nation's vaccination effort began.
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COVID-19 preventable mortality
Issue BriefThis updated analysis estimates that nationally at least 234,000 deaths from COVID-19 between June 2021 and March 2022 could have been prevented with a primary series of vaccinations. These vaccine-preventable deaths represent 60% of all adult COVID-19 deaths since June 2021, when vaccines first became widely available.
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A Snapshot of Cancer Spending and Outcomes
FeatureA Snapshot of Cancer Spending and Outcomes_JAMA 062116 Download VIEW JAMA INFOGRAPHIC
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Total Deaths and Death Rates per 100,000 Population by Race/Ethnicity
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Cancer Deaths and Death Rates per 100,000 Population by Sex
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