The midpoint of the year 2012 has arrived. I looked at mortality statistics for this year from the the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which is published by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://optimalprediction.com/wp/excess-mortality-for-selected-us-cities-in-2012/
(Data are for the U.S. and are final 2010 data; For the most recent preliminary data see Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2011 Adobe PDF file [PDF - 1.7 MB]) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm/