This statistic shows the percentage of total deaths for select causes in the United States that were potentially preventable in 2015. According to the data, 46 percent of all unintentional injury deaths that occurred in 2015 could have been prevented.
Percentage of deaths in the U.S. that were potentially preventable in 2015, by cause
"As defined in CDC research, deaths prior to age 80, which is just over US life expectancy, are considered premature and therefore preventable. Potentially preventable deaths are determined as the difference of observed to expected deaths for ages 79 and below. Expected deaths are defined as the expected death rate times the associated population."
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Society of Actuaries. (December 29, 2016). Percentage of deaths in the U.S. that were potentially preventable in 2015, by cause [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/791565/percentage-of-preventable-deaths-united-states-by-cause/
Society of Actuaries. "Percentage of deaths in the U.S. that were potentially preventable in 2015, by cause." Chart. December 29, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/791565/percentage-of-preventable-deaths-united-states-by-cause/
Society of Actuaries. (2016). Percentage of deaths in the U.S. that were potentially preventable in 2015, by cause. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/791565/percentage-of-preventable-deaths-united-states-by-cause/
Society of Actuaries. "Percentage of Deaths in The U.S. That Were Potentially Preventable in 2015, by Cause." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/791565/percentage-of-preventable-deaths-united-states-by-cause/
Society of Actuaries, Percentage of deaths in the U.S. that were potentially preventable in 2015, by cause Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/791565/percentage-of-preventable-deaths-united-states-by-cause/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Percentage of deaths in the U.S. that were potentially preventable in 2015, by cause [Graph], Society of Actuaries, December 29, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/791565/percentage-of-preventable-deaths-united-states-by-cause/
