Heart disease still leads among causes of death in the U.S. according to just-released final data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2014, but a separate analysis suggested that progress in prevention is slowing.
The National Center for Health Statistics’ annual report based on death certificates from all 50 states and the District of Columbia showed that diseases of the heart accounted for 23.4% of all deaths in 2014, down from 23.5% in 2013, followed closely by cancer at 22.5% both years.
