How many people die every year?

SURVEY SEZ!

More than 2.4 million people died in the United States in 2006.

SOURCE:

= From the National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Report, April, 2009:

- In 2006, a total of 2,426,264 deaths were reported in the United States.

INTERESTING FACTS:

= From the U.S. Census Bureau :

- There is a death in the U.S. every 12 seconds.

- An estimated 2,574,438 people will die in the U.S. in 2009.

= From the CIA World Factbook:

- The U.S. Death Rate of 8.27 deaths per 1,000 population is slightly higher than the worldwide death rate of 8.23 (2009 est.).

- U.S. Life Expectancy: 78.11 years (2008 est.).

- U.S. Infant Mortality Rate: 6.26 deaths per 1,000 live births (2009 est.)

= From the National Center for Health Statistics:

- Heart disease and cancer continue to be the leading and second-leading causes of death, together accounting for almost half of all deaths.

- There are nearly twice as many suicides as homicides in the U.S. each year.

WORLDWIDE:

An estimated 56 million people on Planet Earth will die in 2009.

SOURCE:

= From the U.S. Census Bureau:

- World Deaths for 2009 are estimated at 55,664,164.

INTERESTING FACTS:

= From the U.S. Census Bureau :

- 1.8 humans die every second. That's 106 people per minute and more than 150,000 every day.

= From the CIA World Factbook:

- World Death Rate: 8.23 deaths per 1,000 population (2008 est.).

- World Infant Mortality Rate: 42.09 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 est.).

- World Life Expectancy: 66.26 at birth (2009 est.).