Fewer Americans are dying with a massive drop in overdose deaths leading the charge
- A sharp decline in drug overdose fatalities and a reduced toll from COVID-19 pushed the overall U.
- death rate to its lowest point on record last year, federal data shows.
- The provisional figures, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, reveal that the national death rate fell 4.6 percent in 2025.
Confirmed
- death rate to its lowest point on record last year, federal data shows.
- The provisional figures, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, reveal that the national death rate fell 4.6 percent in 2025.
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- A sharp decline in drug overdose fatalities and a reduced toll from COVID-19 pushed the overall U.
Sources: The Hill, The Independent