COVID-19 Is No Longer a Top 10 Cause of Death, CDC Report Says

‘Suicide replaced COVID-19 as the 10th leading underlying cause of death,’ the agency says in its report.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

COVID-19 is no longer a top 10 cause of death in the United States, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The overall death rate dropped to 722 per 100,000 in 2024 from 750.5 per 100,000 people in 2023, the CDC said.