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    • Demography
    • Biostatistics

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    • Annual vital statistics are crucial for monitoring population health trends.
    • Changes in data collection standards, particularly for race, impact comparability over time.
    • Understanding mortality patterns is essential for public health policy and resource allocation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present final 2018 U.S. data on deaths, death rates, life expectancy, and infant/maternal mortality.
    • To analyze trends in these vital statistics by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, state, and cause of death.
    • To highlight changes due to updated race reporting standards (1997 OMB vs. 1977 OMB).

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized death certificate data compiled through the National Center for Health Statistics' Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
    • Applied the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) for cause of death classification.
    • Employed descriptive tabulations, presenting data based on the 2003 revised death certificate and 1997 OMB race standards.

    Main Results:

    • A total of 2,839,205 deaths were reported in the U.S. in 2018.
    • The age-adjusted death rate decreased by 1.1% to 723.6 per 100,000 population.
    • Life expectancy at birth increased to 78.7 years; infant mortality reached a record low of 5.66 per 1,000 live births.

    Conclusions:

    • The age-adjusted death rate declined for the total, male, and female populations from 2017 to 2018.
    • Life expectancy at birth saw an increase for all demographic groups in 2018.
    • Decreases in age-specific death rates were observed across multiple age groups, indicating positive health trends.