Over the last 2 decades, aspiration pneumonia and Alzheimer disease-related mortality have significantly decreased in older adults.

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM)-related mortality rates are disproportionately high in rural areas compared with large ...

Researchers consider the weight-adjusted waist index a more precise predictor of mortality risk in patients with ...

Home deaths from ischemic stroke surged across the US, especially in rural and minority populations, highlighting gaps in end-of-life care access, a new study shows.

Hypertension-related vascular dementia mortality rates have increased over the past 15 years, especially among Black and African American individuals.

Researchers say there are several reasons the cancer rates in this place have remained low despite systematic healthcare ...

Patterns of mortality and end-of-life care have changed among U.S. ischemic stroke patients, with increases in mortality seen ...

Surgical treatment for older adults with acute cholecystitis was associated with reduced readmissions and emergency department revisits. Patients in clinical equipoise had similar mortality rates, ...

The following is a summary of “Demographic and regional trends of sepsis mortality in the United States, 1999–2022,” published in the April 2025 issue of BMC Infectious Diseases by Morrissey et al. Re ...

Individuals with achalasia show a higher risk for mortality than matched reference individuals from the general population, ...

All-cause mortality increased in 2020 to 2021 nationwide, with a slower increase in Medicaid expansion states.

There are disparities in overdose mortality, with a pronounced and increasing burden of mortality for Black men and Black women.