India, July 6 -- A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report revealed that Americans continued to live longer in 2025, as the nation's death rate fell to its lowest level ever recorded, highlighting the country's continued recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and fewer deaths from several leading causes.
The report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics estimates that 3,094,593 people died in the United States in 2025. The age-adjusted death rate declined 4.6% from 2024 to 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people, marking the lowest level since the federal government began tracking the data. Death rates fell across every age group and among both men and women, contributing to another increase in U.S. life expectancy.
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