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COVID-19 fell out of the top 10 causes of U.S. deaths in 2024Heart disease and cancer remain the leading causesSuicide moved into the top 10

THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time since the pandemic began, COVID-19 dropped out of the nation’s top 10 causes of death in 2024, new U.S. government data shows.

Overall U.S. death rates also fell to their lowest level since 2020, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.

Heart disease and cancer remained the leading causes of death. In all, 683,037 deaths due to heart disease and 619,812 due to cancer were reported last year — both up slightly from 2023.

Unintentional injuries ranked third, while suicide moved into the top 10 for the first time, displacing COVID.

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