Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases a list of the leading causes of death among U.S. adults.
USA FACTS, a Washington-based nonprofit that compiles and reports on government data, took a deep dive into the latest data to identify any trends.
Among a total of 3.46 million deaths in the year 2021 (the most recent year for which data is available), 74.5% of these deaths were attributed to 10 causes, according to a Thursday press release from USA FACTS.
