Mortality Insights
10 reports tagged mortality.
How Men and Women Die Differently (2024)
Men die years younger than women and far more often by suicide, homicide, accident, and overdose. The external-cause gap, quantified.
When America Orders an Autopsy (2024)
Only a small share of deaths are autopsied overall, but nearly every homicide is and almost no natural death is. A map of official suspicion.
The Marriage Mortality Gap (2024)
Never-married adults die years younger than married ones and far more often by external causes. An association, not a prescription.
The Deaths That Defy Explanation (2024)
Even in a near-complete record of every death, thousands have an unknown cause or an undetermined manner. They skew young, male, and heavily autopsied.
The Hidden Toll: Underlying vs Contributing Causes of Death (2024)
Diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity are the official cause of a fraction of the deaths they actually contribute to. The burden standard rankings miss.
Where Americans Die (2024)
More Americans now die at home than in a hospital, and the mix flips by cause, from hospice for cancer to nursing homes for dementia.
The Cremation Majority (2024)
Cremation is now the American default, and it skews younger. The burial-versus-cremation split, straight from death records.
The Causes That Take People Youngest (2024)
Homicide and overdose take Americans in their 30s and 40s, and the diseases of old age in the mid 80s. A ranking of how old each cause of death finds you.
When Americans Die: The Seasonality of Death (2024)
Winter is the deadliest season, driven by respiratory illness, while some causes like drowning invert the calendar and peak in summer.
The Deadliest Day of the Week (2024)
Overall deaths barely move day to day, but homicides spike on weekends and suicides spike on Mondays. Two opposite weekly rhythms.