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U.S. health trends, traced through the public record.
National Health Trends turns official vital statistics and national surveys into readable charts — with units, sources, coding breaks, and downloadable tables. Built for clarity, not hype.
Heart disease mortality
Age-adjusted death rates from 1900 through recent final years.
1900–2024*Cancer mortality
Long-run cancer death rates with ICD transition marked.
1900–2024*Adult obesity
Measured NHANES prevalence from the 1960s to 2021–2023.
1960–2023Diabetes prevalence
Total, diagnosed, and undiagnosed diabetes in adults.
1999–2023Tuberculosis
Reported TB incidence from 1953 through 2024.
1953–2024Stroke mortality
Age-adjusted cerebrovascular death rates over more than a century.
1900–2024**Long CDC/NCHS historical file through 2018; 2019–2024 appended from NCHS Data Briefs. Century-scale lines include registration-area and ICD breaks—see each topic. Gaps and coding breaks are labeled on each topic page.
What this site shows — and what it does not
Shows
- Population death rates, survey prevalence, and reported case rates
- Observation years vs. when a report was published
- Source links, units, and downloadable CSV tables
- Known definition and coding breaks
Does not show
- How disease progresses inside one patient’s body over time
- Personal risk scores or treatment recommendations
- Invented years where official series have gaps
- Government endorsement or affiliation
Snapshot: five long-run mortality causes
Age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population
Historical file: NCHS age-adjusted major causes (1900–2018). Recent years from NCHS Data Briefs 427, 456, 521, and 548 (through 2024 where published). Influenza & pneumonia recent points stop at years published in those tables. Dataset built 2026-11-05T21:07:44Z.