Mattiuzzi Camilla, Lippi Giuseppe
Medical Direction, Rovereto Hospital, Provincial Agency for Social and Sanitary Services (APSS) of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy.
Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
J Clin Med. 2024 Nov 23;13(23):7088. doi: 10.3390/jcm13237088.
Obtaining reliable and up-to-date information on mortality causes is essential for the planning and implementation of effective preventive interventions. We present here an analysis of the leading causes of death in the US in 2022. We conducted an electronic search of the US Centers for Control and Prevention (CDC) Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) and Wide-Ranging, Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) to obtain information on the leading causes of death in the US for the most recent searchable year with definitive data (i.e., 2022), stratified by age and sex. Overall, heart disease was the leading cause of death (26.2% of all deaths), followed by malignant neoplasms (22.7%), unintentional injuries (8.5%) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; 6.9%). Although heart disease and malignant neoplasms remained the leading causes of death in both sexes, unintentional injuries were the third cause for men (10.5%), while strokes were the third cause in women (7.5%). COVID-19 remained the fourth most common cause of death in both sexes (7.1% in men and 6.8% in women). The ten most common causes of death showed an increasing mortality tendency in parallel with the aging of population, with similar trends for both sexes. The only exception was unintentional injury, which was the most common cause of death in both sexes between the ages of 15-44 years, then reached a plateau, before increasing again in people aged 65 years or older. Greater efforts should be put into prevention and education, as heart disease, cancer, and even unintentional injuries are preventable diseases.
获取关于死亡原因的可靠且最新的信息对于规划和实施有效的预防干预措施至关重要。我们在此呈现2022年美国主要死亡原因的分析。我们对美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）基于网络的伤害统计查询与报告系统（WISQARS）以及广泛的在线流行病学研究数据（WONDER）进行了电子搜索，以获取关于美国最新可搜索年份（即2022年）且有确切数据的主要死亡原因信息，并按年龄和性别进行分层。总体而言，心脏病是主要死亡原因（占所有死亡人数的26.2%），其次是恶性肿瘤（22.7%）、意外伤害（8.5%）和2019冠状病毒病（COVID - 19；6.9%）。尽管心脏病和恶性肿瘤仍是男女的主要死亡原因，但意外伤害是男性的第三大死因（10.5%），而中风是女性的第三大死因（7.5%）。COVID - 19仍是男女第四大常见死因（男性为7.1%，女性为6.8%）。十大常见死因随人口老龄化呈现出死亡率上升的趋势，男女趋势相似。唯一的例外是意外伤害，它是15至44岁男女中最常见的死亡原因，之后趋于平稳，然后在65岁及以上人群中再次上升。应加大预防和教育力度，因为心脏病、癌症甚至意外伤害都是可预防的疾病。
