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 Centers for ...

Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

Michigan’s infant mortality rate reached the lowest point on record in 2023. The state reported 607 infant deaths within their first year of life, compared to 99,178 live births, for a rate of 6.1 ...

A decade ago, Hamilton County had one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the country. But since then, the county has made significant gains. It’s reduced the Black infant mortality rate to ...

The United States infant mortality rate rose by 3% in 2022, the first increase in 20 years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data, released Thursday, ...

Every August, for the past 22 years, Alesha Martin-Lane has mourned the loss of her daughter Tayler, who died at just five months old in 2003. Born prematurely with pediatric Graves’ disease—a rare ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cancer mortality rates fell between 2018 and 2022 but at a reduced pace from previous years. Cancer incidence ...

Mortality rates have increased significantly across Pennsylvania hospitals since 2019, particularly for sepsis patients. No hospital in Erie County reported significantly lower-than-expected mortality ...

Regulators and actuaries are considering a data change to better account for a puzzling mortality degradation in individuals ages 80 and older. The Life Mortality Improvement Subgroup of the Mortality ...