2018 Mortality Statistics: Life Expectancy, Drug Overdose, Maternal Mortality Released
Mortality statistics for 2018 were released on January 30, 2020, highlighting life expectancy trends, drug overdose statistics, and the first maternal mortality rate in over a decade. A comprehensive communications strategy was executed to disseminate the data, including a new website, visual abstracts, stakeholder notifications, webinars, and briefings to key entities like HHS and Congress. The increase in life expectancy was partly attributed to a decrease in unintentional injuries, including drug overdose deaths. The release strategy garnered significant engagement and understanding from the public, with over 1,000 attendees at briefings, 750 at webinars, and widespread usage of visual abstracts and media coverage.
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2018 Mortality Statistics Released Released on January 30, 2020 Reports released in conjunction with data files - life expectancy, drug overdose, and maternal mortality First release of a maternal mortality rate in over 10 years Communications Strategy developed for the release of these data New website, visual abstracts, early notice to key stakeholders, blast emails on release, webinar for partners, the public Briefings for HHS, Congress, Media
Life Expectancy at Birth, by sex Year Total Male Female 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018* 78.7 78.7 78.8 78.8 78.9 78.7 78.7 78.6 78.7 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.4 76.5 76.3 76.2 76.1 76.2 81.0 81.1 81.2 81.2 81.3 81.1 81.1 81.1 81.2 *The increase in life expectancy has been driven in part by the decrease in unintentional injuries, which includes drug overdose deaths.
Maternal Mortality Rates without the Pregnancy Checkbox 21.0 2018 coding method Rates are per 100,000 live births 18.0 17.4 15.0 11.5 12.0 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.7 9.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 2002 2015 2016 2017 2018 NOTE: Trend line uses the coding method prior to 2003. Data for 2002 are included for comparison with the 2015 2018 values.
Results of Maternal Mortality Release Strategy Over 1,000 attended NCHS briefings Over 750 people attended the webinar Dedicated website drew 4,000 visitors on release date Significant increase in social media traffic NCHS visual abstracts widely used by others Significant media uptake Bottom line: people understood what we were saying
Maternal Mortality Reports and Products https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/maternal-mortality/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/maternal-mortality/