[Home button] Table 1. Number of deaths, death rates, and age-adjusted death rates, by race and sex: United States, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1975-96 [Crude rates on an annual basis per 100,000 population in specified group; age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard million population; see Technical notes. Rates are based on populations enumerated as of April 1 for census years and estimated as of July 1 for all other years. Beginning 1970, excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Data for specified races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies in reporting race on the death certificate; see Technical notes] Asian or Pacific All races1 White Black American Indian2 Islander3 Both Both Both Both Both Year sexes Male Female sexes Male Female sexes Male Female sexes Male Femalesexes Male Female Number 19962,314,690 1,163,569 1,151,121 1,992,966991,984 1,000,982 282,089 149,472132,617 10,127 5,563 4,56429,508 16,550 12,958 19952,312,132 1,172,959 1,139,173 1,987,437997,277 990,160 286,401 154,175132,226 9,997 5,574 4,42328,297 15,933 12,364 19942,278,994 1,162,747 1,116,247 1,959,875988,823 971,052 282,379 153,019129,360 9,637 5,497 4,140 27,103 15,408 11,695 19932,268,553 1,161,797 1,106,756 1,951,437988,329 963,108 282,151 153,502128,649 9,579 5,434 4,145 25,386 14,532 10,854 19922,175,613 1,122,336 1,053,277 1,873,781956,957 916,824 269,219 146,630122,589 8,953 5,181 3,772 23,660 13,568 10,092 19912,169,518 1,121,665 1,047,853 1,868,904956,497 912,407 269,525 147,331122,194 8,621 4,948 3,673 22,173 12,727 9,446 19902,148,463 1,113,417 1,035,046 1,853,254950,812 902,442 265,498 145,359120,139 8,316 4,877 3,439 21,127 12,211 8,916 19892,150,466 1,114,190 1,036,276 1,853,841950,852 902,989 267,642 146,393121,249 8,614 5,066 3,548 20,042 11,688 8,354 19882,167,999 1,125,540 1,042,459 1,876,906965,419 911,487 264,019 144,228119,791 7,917 4,617 3,300 18,963 11,155 7,808 19872,123,323 1,107,958 1,015,365 1,843,067953,382 889,685 254,814 139,551115,263 7,602 4,432 3,170 17,689 10,496 7,193 19862,105,361 1,104,005 1,001,356 1,831,083952,554 878,529 250,326 137,214113,112 7,301 4,365 2,936 16,514 9,795 6,719 19852,086,440 1,097,758 988,682 1,819,054950,455 868,599 244,207 133,610110,597 7,154 4,181 2,973 15,887 9,441 6,446 19842,039,369 1,076,514 962,855 1,781,897934,529 847,368 235,884 129,147106,737 6,949 4,117 2,832 14,483 8,627 5,856 19832,019,201 1,071,923 947,278 1,765,582931,779 833,803 233,124 127,911105,213 6,839 4,064 2,775 13,554 8,126 5,428 19821,974,797 1,056,440 918,357 1,729,085919,239 809,846 226,513 125,610100,903 6,679 3,974 2,705 12,430 7,564 4,866 19811,977,981 1,063,772 914,209 1,731,233925,490 805,743 228,560 127,296101,264 6,608 4,016 2,592 11,475 6,908 4,567 19801,989,841 1,075,078 914,763 1,738,607933,878 804,729 233,135 130,138102,997 6,923 4,193 2,730 11,071 6,809 4,262 19791,913,841 1,044,959 868,882 1,676,145910,137 766,008 220,818 124,43396,385 6,728 4,171 2,557 - - - - - - - - - 19781,927,788 1,055,290 872,498 1,689,722920,123 769,599 221,340 124,66396,677 6,959 4,343 2,616 - - - - - - - - - 19771,899,597 1,046,243 853,354 1,664,100912,670 751,430 220,076 123,89496,182 6,454 4,019 2,435 - - - - - - - - - 19761,909,440 1,051,983 857,457 1,674,989918,589 756,400 219,442 123,97795,465 6,300 3,883 2,417 - - - - - - - - - 19751,892,879 1,050,819 842,060 1,660,366917,804 742,562 217,932 123,77094,162 6,166 3,838 2,328 - - - - - - - - - 19701,921,031 1,078,478 842,553 1,682,096942,437 739,659 225,647 127,54098,107 5,675 3,391 2,284 - - - - - - - - - 19601,711,982 975,648 736,334 1,505,335860,857 644,478 196,010 107,70188,309 4,528 2,658 1,870 - - - - - - - - - 19501,452,454 827,749 624,705 1,276,085731,366 544,719 169,606 92,004 77,602 4,440 2,497 1,943 - - - - - - - - - 19401,417,269 791,003 626,266 1,231,223690,901 540,322 178,743 95,517 83,226 4,791 2,527 2,264 - - - - - - - - - Rate 1996 872.5 896.4 849.7 906.9 918.1 896.2 842.0 939.9 753.5 442.6 489.8 396.0 302.8 350.7 257.9 1995 880.0 914.1 847.3 911.3 932.1 891.3 864.2 980.7 759.0 445.9 502.3 390.0 304.7 354.9 257.7 1994 875.4 915.0 837.6 905.4 931.6 880.1 864.3 987.8 752.9 436.1 502.6 371.0 301.5 354.0 252.2 1993 880.0 923.5 838.6 908.5 938.8 879.4 876.8 1,006.3 760.1 440.0 503.9 377.3 293.9 346.6 244.2 1992 852.9 901.6 806.5 880.0 917.2 844.3 850.5 977.5 736.2 417.7 487.7 348.9 283.1 332.7 235.8 1991 860.3 912.1 811.0 886.2 926.2 847.7 864.9 998.7 744.5 407.2 471.2 343.9 277.3 325.6 231.1 1990 863.8 918.4 812.0 888.0 930.9 846.9 871.0 1,008.0 747.9 402.8 476.4 330.4 283.3 334.3 234.3 1989 871.3 926.3 818.9 893.2 936.5 851.8 887.9 1,026.7 763.2 430.5 510.7 351.3 280.9 334.5 229.4 1988 886.7 945.1 831.2 910.5 957.9 865.3 888.3 1,026.1 764.6 411.7 485.0 339.9 282.0 339.0 227.4 1987 876.4 939.3 816.7 900.1 952.7 849.8 868.9 1,006.2 745.7 410.7 483.8 339.0 278.9 338.3 222.0 1986 876.7 944.7 812.3 900.1 958.6 844.3 864.9 1,002.6 741.5 409.5 494.9 325.9 276.2 335.1 219.9 1985 876.9 948.6 809.1 900.4 963.6 840.1 854.8 989.3 734.2 416.4 492.5 342.5 283.4 344.6 224.9 1984 864.8 938.8 794.7 887.8 954.1 824.6 836.1 968.5 717.4 419.6 502.7 338.4 275.9 336.5 218.1 1983 863.7 943.2 788.4 885.4 957.7 816.4 836.6 971.2 715.9 428.5 515.1 343.9 276.1 339.1 216.1 1982 852.4 938.4 771.2 873.1 951.8 798.2 823.4 966.2 695.5 434.5 522.9 348.1 271.3 338.3 207.4 1981 862.0 954.0 775.0 880.4 965.2 799.8 842.4 992.6 707.7 445.6 547.9 345.6 272.3 336.2 211.5 1980 878.3 976.9 785.3 892.5 983.3 806.1 875.4 1,034.1 733.3 487.4 597.1 380.1 296.9 375.3 222.5 1979 852.2 957.5 752.7 865.2 963.3 771.8 839.3 999.6 695.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1978 868.0 977.5 764.5 880.2 982.7 782.7 855.1 1,016.8 709.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1977 864.4 978.9 756.0 874.6 983.0 771.3 864.0 1,026.0 718.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1976 877.6 993.8 767.6 887.7 997.3 783.1 875.0 1,041.6 724.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1975 878.5 1,002.0 761.4 886.9 1,004.1 775.1 882.5 1,055.4 726.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1970 945.3 1,090.3 807.8 946.3 1,086.7 812.6 999.3 1,186.6 829.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1960 954.7 1,104.5 809.2 947.8 1,098.5 800.9 1,038.6 1,181.7 905.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950 963.8 1,106.1 823.5 945.7 1,089.5 803.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940 1,076.4 1,197.4 954.6 1,041.5 1,162.2 919.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Age-adjusted death rate4 1996 491.6 623.7 381.0 466.8 591.4 361.9 738.3 967.0 561.0 456.7 555.9 367.7 277.4 355.8 214.4 1995 503.9 646.3 385.2 476.9 610.5 364.9 765.7 1,016.7 571.0 468.5 580.4 368.0 298.9 384.4 231.4 1994 507.4 654.6 385.2 479.8 617.9 364.9 772.1 1,029.9 572.0 460.7 585.9 350.8 299.2 386.5 229.3 1993 513.3 664.9 388.3 485.1 627.5 367.7 785.2 1,052.2 578.8 468.9 589.6 364.5 295.9 381.4 226.7 1992 504.5 656.0 380.3 477.5 620.9 359.9 767.5 1,026.9 568.4 453.1 579.6 343.1 285.8 364.1 220.5 1991 513.7 669.9 386.5 486.8 634.4 366.3 780.7 1,048.8 575.1 441.8 562.6 335.9 283.2 360.2 218.3 1990 520.2 680.2 390.6 492.8 644.3 369.9 789.2 1,061.3 581.6 445.1 573.1 335.1 297.6 377.8 228.9 1989 528.0 689.3 397.3 499.6 652.2 376.0 805.9 1,082.8 594.3 475.7 622.8 353.4 295.8 378.9 225.2 1988 539.9 706.1 406.1 512.8 671.3 385.3 809.7 1,083.0 601.0 456.3 585.7 343.2 300.2 385.4 226.5 1987 539.2 706.8 404.6 513.7 674.2 384.8 796.4 1,063.6 592.4 456.7 580.8 351.3 297.0 386.2 221.3 1986 544.8 716.2 407.6 520.1 684.9 388.1 796.8 1,061.9 594.1 451.4 591.6 328.4 296.7 385.3 220.3 1985 548.9 723.0 410.3 524.9 693.3 391.0 793.6 1,053.4 594.8 468.2 602.6 353.3 305.7 396.9 228.5 1984 548.1 721.6 410.5 525.2 693.6 391.7 783.3 1,035.9 590.1 476.9 614.2 347.3 299.4 386.0 223.0 1983 552.5 729.4 412.5 529.4 701.6 393.3 787.4 1,037.5 595.3 485.9 634.0 360.1 298.9 388.6 218.0 1982 554.7 734.2 411.9 532.3 706.8 393.6 782.1 1,035.4 585.9 494.3 634.6 371.6 293.6 389.2 212.8 1981 568.6 753.8 420.8 544.8 724.8 401.5 807.0 1,068.8 602.7 514.0 676.7 368.5 293.2 382.3 213.9 1980 585.8 777.2 432.6 559.4 745.3 411.1 842.5 1,112.8 631.1 564.1 732.5 414.1 315.6 416.6 224.6 1979 577.0 768.6 423.1 551.9 738.4 402.5 812.1 1,073.3 605.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1978 595.0 791.4 437.4 569.5 761.1 416.4 831.8 1,093.9 622.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1977 602.1 801.3 441.8 575.7 770.6 419.6 849.3 1,112.1 639.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1976 618.5 820.9 455.0 591.3 789.3 432.5 870.5 1,138.3 654.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1975 630.4 837.2 462.5 602.2 804.3 439.0 890.8 1,163.0 670.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1970 714.3 931.6 532.5 679.6 893.4 501.7 1,044.0 1,318.6 814.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1960 760.9 949.3 590.6 727.0 917.7 555.0 1,073.3 1,246.1 916.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950 841.5 1,001.6 688.4 800.4 963.1 645.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940 1,076.1 1,213.0 938.9 1,017.2 1,155.1 879.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Data not available. 1 For 1940, 91 includes deaths among races not shown separately; see Technical notes. 2 Includes deaths among Aleuts and Eskimos. 3 Includes deaths among Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, and other Asian or Pacific Islander. 4 For method of computation, see Technical notes. Suggested citation: Peters KD, Kochanek KD, Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1996. National vital statistics report; vol 47 no 9, p 16. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 1998. (The NCHS web site contains instructions on downloading the AcrobatÆ reader required to view this publication.) About NCHS | News Releases | What's New Publications and Information Products | (CDC) Privacy Policy Notice Coming Events | Data Warehouse | FASTATS A to Z Search | How To... | Other Sites | Employment Frequent Questions | E-mail | Customer Satisfaction Survey Surveys and Data Collection Systems CDC | Text-based Table of Contents [Home button] Updated 12/2/98