Leading Causes of Death "Trump’s former aides say he whiffed on vaccination legacy" Data are for the U.S. Number of deaths for leading causes of death * Heart disease: 696,962 * Cancer: 602,350 * COVID-19: 350,831 * Accidents (unintentional injuries): 200,955 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm July 13 2022 7 day avg deaths 433 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=covid+deatsh+usa+to+july+2022 1.02 million Americans lost to covid.