Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States last year, after heart disease and cancer, according to provisional data released on Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC found the US death rate increased by 15.9% between 2019 and 2020.
Early data showed that the top 10 leading causes of death in 2020 were:
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Covid-19
- Unintentional injury
- Stroke
- Chronic lower respiratory disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Diabetes
- Influenza and pneumonia
- Kidney disease
Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics analyzed death certificate…
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