This study used national mortality and population data; therefore, it included the full US population, which increased from 221.9 million individuals in 2000 to 262.2 million individuals in 2016. The distribution of men and women was relatively stable during this time (2000: 51.5% women; 2016: 51.2% women), whereas the distribution by race/ethnicity changed somewhat (2000: 72.2% white; 11.3% Latino; 11.6% black; 4.1% API; and 0.5% AIAN; 2016: 64.5% white; 16.0% Latino; 12.6% black; 6.1% API; and 0.5% AIAN).
