List of Six Feet Under deaths

The following is a list of deaths for the HBO television series, Six Feet Under. Almost all episodes started with a person dying followed by a white screen with the name of the person along with his or her date of birth and death. Exceptions and variations are noted below.

Other deaths
With the exception of the series finale, the following deaths were not featured during the opening teaser sequence. The following are not counted in the Statistics tally.

Statistics
During the series' five year run, there have been 77 deaths.
 * 1 death occurred in 2000.
 * 20 deaths occurred in 2001.
 * 5 deaths occurred in 2002 (not including alternate realities)
 * 20 deaths occurred in 2003.
 * 14 deaths occurred in 2004.
 * 8 deaths occurred in 2005.
 * 2 deaths have occurred during the 1970s, one in 1972 and the other in 1975.
 * 1 death occurred during the 1950s decade in (1953).
 * 2001 and 2003 had a large majority of the deaths followed by 2004 and finally 2005.
 * 2002 had the least amount of deaths.
 * Season 3 had the most deaths (17) followed by Seasons 4 & 5 tied at (16).
 * Seasons 1 & 2 had the least amount of deaths (13) respectively.

Causes of death

 * 13 people have died from natural causes.
 * 10 people have died from a car accident related fate.
 * 11 people have been murdered.
 * 8 people have committed suicide.
 * 9 people have died from a head injury.
 * 5 people have died of cancer.
 * 22 people have died from other complications.