https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
- Heart disease: 647,457
- Cancer: 599,108
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383
- Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404
- Diabetes: 83,564
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 55,672
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 50,633
- ntentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173
以上总和大约2.1百万. 2017年美国国家总人口327百万,疾病死亡率是0.64%(2.1/327=0.006432=0.64%)若是用各种疾病确诊数做分母此比例只能更高。
同样covid-19的死亡率不能用确诊数作为分母计算。