SF now has the second-highest overdose death rate among large US cities and counties

The number of deadly overdoses in San Francisco has decreased in recent years, but not as quickly as in other parts of the ...
The Hill

Maternal deaths rise, reversing two-year trend

More American women died around the time of childbirth last year than in 2023, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wednesday. The maternal ...
The Denver Post

Older Coloradans nearly back to pre-pandemic death rates, but middle-aged people dying younger than expected

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Older Coloradans have mostly recovered from a pandemic-era increase in death rates, but middle-aged people continue to die younger than expected, mostly from ...
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Breast cancer death rates across Europe are expected to drop in 2025. How do countries compare?

Death rates due to breast cancer in 2025 are set to decrease for women across most age groups in Europe, according to a new ...
NOLA.com

Louisiana has 8th-highest cancer death rates in the U.S. See parish data.

In 2023, more than 9,000 people in Louisiana died from cancer, at a rate of 165.1 cancer-related deaths per 100,000 people. That's higher than the U.S. cancer death rate at 145.4 cancer-related deaths ...
Medscape

Surgeons Have Higher Death Risk Than Nonsurgeon Physicians

A recent US study published in JAMA Surgery analyzed national mortality data and found that surgeons had significantly higher mortality risk than other doctors, highlighting the occupational toll of ...