How many Americans starve to death each year?

There could be some who have become physically isolated by misfortune. Others who have isolated themselves (due to mental or emotional problems). Most of those who die from insufficient caloric intake are those captured or mistreated by others and prevented from obtaining food. The last would be primarily elderly who are starved to death (murdered) rather than "starving" to death because food was not available.

In total, very few. But this has been true for almost 400 years. Americans have lived in communities, with exceptions among solitary trappers and explorers, and since the "First Thank...