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This infographic from Our World in Data, titled “What Americans die from and the causes of death the US media reports on,” compares actual causes of death in the US in 2023 with media coverage of those causes by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News. On the left, a stacked bar chart shows heart disease (29%) and cancer (27%) as the top causes of death, followed by accidents (7.8%), stroke (7%), lower respiratory diseases (6.3%), Alzheimer’s (4.9%), diabetes (4.1%), and others including homicide (<1%) and terrorism (<0.001%). Three adjacent charts show media coverage percentages for selected causes: The New York Times covered homicide (42%) and terrorism (18%) most, despite their low mortality; The Washington Post similarly focused on homicide (46%) and terrorism (12%); Fox News gave the highest coverage to homicide (52%) and drug overdose (9.8%). All outlets underreported leading causes like heart disease and cancer relative to their actual impact. The note clarifies data is normalized to 100% across 12 common causes plus drug overdose, homicide, and terrorism, which together account for over 75% of US deaths. Sources include Media Cloud (2025), US CDC (2025), and Global Terrorism Index.