“The U.S. overall death rate in 2025 fell to its lowest point on record, even as influenza and pneumonia are now among the nation’s top 10 causes of death for the first time in years, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” the Wall Street Journal reports.“The death rate fell 4.6% last year, to 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people, down from 722.1 in 2024… The death rate declined across every age group and nearly every demographic group tracked in the provisional report.”