TABLE 9.1
DEATHS AND DEATH RATES, BY AGE, UNITED STATES a
2017
Age
Number
Rate
All ages
Under 1 yr
1–4 yrs
5–9 yrs
10–15 yrs
15–19 yrs
20–24 yrs
25–29 yrs
30–34 yrs
35–39 yrs
40–44 yrs
45–49 yrs
50–54 yrs
55–59 yrs
60–64 yrs
65–69 yrs
70–74 yrs
75–79 yrs
80–84 yrs
85 yrs and over
2,813,503
22,335
3,880
2,354
3,217
10,886
21,139
28,276
31,939
36,901
42,895
65,698
104,444
162,098
209,908
248,087
283,523
307,498
350,261
878,035
863.8
567.0
24.3
11.6
15.5
51.5
95.6
121.0
145.4
173.8
218.4
313.2
488.0
736.5
1,050.2
1,473.5
2,206.9
3,517.8
5,871.7
13,573.6
a Age-specific
rates are per 100,000 population in specified group. Age-adjusted rates are per 100,000 U.S.
standard population.
Adapted from Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Xu JQ, et al. Deaths: Final data for 2017. National Vital Statistics
Reports; Vol. 68, No. 9 . Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2019.
Etiology
ED OHCA patients have a wide range of etiologies; the two most common result
from trauma and sudden unexpected infant death (SUID). Though the literature