Death rates in 2020 to various illnesses and diseases

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States.1 One person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease. About 659,000 people in the United States die from heart disease each year—that’s 1 in every 4 deaths.

From CDC.org ~ The COVID-19 pandemic caused approximately 375,000 deaths in the United States during 2020.

From Cancer.org ~ Estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in 2020 (In 2020, there will be an estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases diagnosed and 606,520 cancer deaths in the United States.)

While Americans drove less in 2020 due to the pandemic, NHTSA’s early estimates show that an estimated 38,680 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes—the largest projected number of fatalities since 2007.

For motorcycle riders, America's roads have never been more deadly. That's not an exaggeration. There were 5,458 motorcycle fatalities in 2020.