Having low lung function as a middle-aged smoker without airway obstruction raised the likelihood for all-cause mortality, ...

Mortality rates are high in patients with type 1 diabetes, and overweight and obesity appear to be major factors, a speaker ...

The neonatal mortality rate in the US decreased from 1999 to 2022, with deaths from interstitial emphysema and related conditions showing the steepest decline, yet mortality from slow fetal growth and ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

Counties with the highest incarceration rates had 7% to 10% more deaths from lung, liver, and colorectal cancers. Counties with the highest rates of jail incarceration had significantly higher ...

COVID-19 might seem like a distant memory but for life insurance executives unexpectedly high mortality rates remain a stubborn reminder. And it’s starting to look like it might not correct itself ...

Black infants died at a rate of 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, the CDC said. Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic disparities still persist ...