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    • Vital statistics data provide crucial insights into population health trends.
    • Monitoring mortality rates and life expectancy is essential for public health surveillance.
    • Understanding demographic variations in mortality is key to targeted health interventions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present final 2017 U.S. data on deaths, death rates, life expectancy, and infant mortality.
    • To analyze trends in these vital statistics by characteristics like age, sex, race, and cause of death.
    • To compare 2017 data with 2016 to identify significant changes.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized death certificate data compiled in a national database.
    • Employed descriptive tabulations to present statistical information.
    • Classified causes of death according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10).

    Main Results:

    • A total of 2,813,503 deaths were reported in the U.S. in 2017.
    • The age-adjusted death rate increased by 0.4% to 731.9 per 100,000 population.
    • Life expectancy at birth decreased by 0.1 year to 78.6 years.
    • Infant mortality rate was 5.79 per 1,000 live births, showing no significant change from 2016.

    Conclusions:

    • The age-adjusted death rate increased for both male and female populations from 2016 to 2017.
    • Life expectancy at birth decreased for the total and male populations in 2017.
    • Leading causes of death showed minor rank changes, with chronic liver disease and septicemia exchanging positions.