23 Death in the United States related lists

When they returned home from World War I, African-American veterans faced heavy discrimination. This article focuses on those African American veterans who were lynched after World War I.

This is a list of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Summaries of the overall casualty figures, by year, are also provided.

This is a list of cemeteries in North Dakota.

This is a list of cemeteries in Tennessee for which there are articles on Wikipedia. The list is evolving and likely incomplete. Entries marked ‡ are cemeteries with notable monuments or burials.

This is a list of disasters that have occurred in New York City organized by death toll. The list is general and comprehensive, comprising natural disasters and man-made disasters both purposeful and accidental. It does not normally include numerous non-notable deadly events such as disease deaths in an ordinary year, nor most deaths due to residential fires, traffic collisions and criminal homicide.

This is a list of hazing deaths in the United States. This is not an exhaustive list. An exact list is not available because there is no central system for tracking hazing deaths, and the role of hazing in some deaths is subject to disagreement. Inclusion in this list requires that the incident was described by the media as a hazing-related death. Incidents involving criminal or civil proceedings that did not find a definite link with hazing may still be included if they meet this criterion.

This is a list of lynching victims in the United States. Lynching is the summary execution of an offender, or supposed offender, without due process of law, by a self-constituted and irresponsible body of men. Lynchings in the United States rose in number after the American Civil War in the late 19th century, following the emancipation of slaves; they declined in the 1920s. Nearly 3,500 African Americans and 1,300 whites were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968. Most lynchings were of African-American men in the Southern United States, but women were also lynched. More than 73 percent of lynchings in the post–Civil War period occurred in the Southern states. White lynchings of black people also occurred in the Midwestern United States and the Border States, especially during the 20th-century Great Migration of black people out of the Southern United States. The purpose was to enforce white supremacy and intimidate black people through racial terrorism.

The table below shows the motor vehicle fatality rate in the United States by year from 1899 through 2018. It excludes indirect car-related fatalities.

The Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire consist of a series of mountains whose maximum elevation reaches 6,288 feet (1,917 m) and represent some of the highest mountains in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Fatalities in this area are dominated by those that occur on Mount Washington, the highest peak in the range. It is notorious for its unpredictable and inclement weather, making it one of the deadliest mountains in the continental United States. Due to its unique location relative to other geographic features, it holds the world record for highest recorded surface wind speed not within a tropical cyclone. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department conducts an average of 200 rescues a year for hikers in need of assistance.

The following is a list of presidents of the United States by date of death, plus additional lists of presidential death related statistics. Of the 44 people who have served as President of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789, 39 have died – eight of them while in office.

The first incumbent U.S. president to die was William Henry Harrison, on April 4, 1841, only one month after Inauguration Day. He died from complications of what at the time was believed to be pneumonia. The second American president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850 from acute gastroenteritis. Abraham Lincoln was the first U.S. president to be assassinated. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865 and died the following morning. Sixteen years later, on July 2, 1881, James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, surviving for over two months before dying on September 19, 1881.

This is a list of some people who were fatally bitten by snakes in the United States by decade in reverse chronological order. There is no evidence it is a comprehensive list.

Unidentified decedents are a group of people who have died but officials were unable to discover who they were when they were alive. Several victims are not identified for several years or even decades after their deaths, one case being that of Barbara Precht, who died in 2006 and was identified in 2014. Around 40,000 decedents still remain unidentified in the United States.

Unidentified decedents are a name given to a person who had died, but law enforcement officials were unable to conclusively say who they were while alive. Many victims go unidentified for years or even decades before officials are able to conclusively find out who they were before death. One particular case from the U.S. state of Florida was that of Janice Marie Young, a woman was pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973, but was not identified until 2015. Over 40,000 decedents still remain unidentified in the United States.

An unidentified decedent, or UID, is a deceased person whose legal identity is unable to be determined by law enforcement. Although the majority of individuals are identified soon after their bodies are recovered, it is not uncommon for bodies to remain unidentified for years or even decades. There are approximately 40,000 unidentified decedents in the United States at any given time.

In California, there are many murder victims in the category of unidentified decedents, whose identities remain unknown. In most of these cases, their murderers have never been identified.

In Florida, there are a number of murder victims in the category of unidentified decedents, whose identities have yet to be found. In most of these cases, their murderer or murderers have also gone undiscovered.

In Illinois, there are a number of murder victims, in the category of unidentified decedents, whose identities have yet to be determined.

In Michigan, there are a number of murder victims, in the category of unidentified decedents, whose identities have yet to be determined.

In New York state, there are a number of murder victims in the category of unidentified decedents. In these cases, the murderer has never been identified.

In Pennsylvania, there are a number of murder victims, in the category of unidentified decedents, whose identities have yet to be found. In most of these cases, their murderer or murderers have also gone undiscovered.

Of the thousands of people murdered each year in the United States, many decedents remain unidentified. Including murder victims and individuals whose death is via natural causes or accident, approximately 40,000 decedents remain unidentified in the United States.

Of the thousands of people murdered every year in the United States, several remain unidentified. Many of these individuals remain unidentified for years or even decades after their deaths. Cases include that of Tammy Jo Alexander, who was murdered in 1979 and remained an unidentified decedent until 2015, and Reet Jurvetson, who was murdered in 1969 and whose body remained unidentified for 46 years.