Well, approx. 45k people a year die from traffic crashes in the US a year. [https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F918]

And 48k from firearms (including suicides and accidents)

[https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F919]

COVID-19 is also estimated to have killed 48k in 2023.

Both combined are still less than from drug overdoses though.

[https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F367]

Check the top causes, and you’ll find heart disease still at the top at 680k/yr, and all of these causes listed above as essentially in the noise.

[https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D176;jsessioni...]

When you run the numbers in terms of years lost, the traffic and firearm deaths will come out with a bigger share.

Cite?