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USA Health Rankings provides the largest amount of United States health data ever assembled in one place. Explore USA state by state comparisons for total deaths and death rates for 50 leading causes of death. See USA life expectancy history and life expectancy by age and gender. Scroll down for more summary data and use the left side navigation to access over 100 interactive Maps and Charts to enhance the productivity of your research and learn how what you are likely to die from varies dramatically depending upon where you live. Use the drop down at the top left to visit each State for even more data down to the county level. The latest CDC data is used and individual state and county records are accessed when required for validation.

USA
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
74.4
79.8
77.0
28
28
26
2009
75.7
80.7
78.1
29
36
33
2010
75.8
80.8
78.2
31
31
32
   
USA
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth 75.8 80.8 31 31
Age 5 80.0 84.9 35 34
Age 10 81.1 86.0 35 34
Age 15 81.2 86.0 35 34
Age 20 81.2 86.1 35 34
Age 25 81.5 86.2 34 34
Age 30 81.9 86.4 34 34
Age 35 82.2 86.5 34 34
Age 40 82.5 86.7 34 33
Age 45 82.9 86.9 34 33
Age 50 83.4 87.3 33 33
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
Age 55 84.0 87.7 32 33
Age 60 84.9 88.3 29 32
Age 65 85.9 89.0 25 30
Age 70 87.3 90.0 21 27
Age 75 88.8 91.2
20
 21
Age 80 90.8 92.7
19
19
Age 85 93.2 94.7
19
15
Age 90 96.0 97.1 22
15
Age 95 99.3 99.9 20
19
Age 100 103.0 103.4 22
14
 
USA
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
445,659
24.81
2. Lung Cancers
159,289
8.87
3. Stroke
143,575
7.99
4. Alzheimers
129,572
7.21
5. Lung Disease
126,073
7.02
6. Diabetes Mellitus
75,119
4.18
7. Influenza & Pneumonia
63,403
3.53
8. Hypertension
57,353
3.19
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
53,250
2.96
10. Kidney Disease
45,058
2.51
11. Road Traffic Accidents
44,805
2.49
12. Breast Cancer
41,491
2.31
13. Lymphomas
33,405
1.86
14. Pancreas Cancer
32,759
1.82
15. Inflammatory/Heart
32,685
1.82
16. Suicide
32,629
1.82
17. Prostate Cancer
28,905
1.61
18. Liver Disease
27,428
1.53
19. Other Injuries
26,009
1.45
20. Poisonings
23,612
1.31
21. Leukemia
21,623
1.20
22. Falls
19,654
1.09
23. Parkinson Disease
19,544
1.09
24. Violence
18,103
1.01
25. Liver Cancer
16,075
0.89

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
14,787
0.82
27. Endocrine Disorders
14,478
0.81
28. Other Neoplasms
13,710
0.76
29. Oesophagus Cancer
13,499
0.75
30. Bladder Cancer
13,253
0.74
31. HIV/AIDS
12,542
0.70
32. Stomach Cancer
11,514
0.64
33. Skin Cancers
10,798
0.60
34. Congenital Anomalies
10,409
0.58
35. Oral Cancer
7,773
0.43
36. Alcohol
7,382
0.41
37. Uterin Cancer
7,096
0.39
38. Low Birth Weight
6,406
0.36
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,677
0.32
40. Hepatitis C
4,767
0.27
41. Skin Disease
4,234
0.24
42. Cervical Cancer
3,924
0.22
43. Asthma
3,884
0.22
44. Drownings
3,564
0.20
45. Multiple Sclerosis
3,487
0.19
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,451
0.19
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,359
0.19
48. Fires
3,193
0.18
49. Malnutrition
3,003
0.17
50. Drug Use
2,614
0.15
   
 
USA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
  Rate
1. Coronary Heart Disease 80.48
2. Lung Cancers 35.38
3. Stroke 25.36
4. Alzheimers/Dementia 24.84
5. Lung Disease 24.32
6. Breast Cancer 18.80
7. Diabetes Mellitus 15.16
8. Road Traffic Accidents 13.88
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers 12.63
10. Hypertension 11.40
11. Suicide 10.27
12. Influenza & Pneumonia 9.69
13. Kidney Disease 9.25
14. Poisonings 8.93
15. Lymphomas 7.85
16. Pancreas Cancer 7.40
17. Liver Disease 7.35
18. Endocrine Disorders 7.12
19. Inflammatory/Heart 6.85
20. Violence 6.47
21. Other Injuries 6.21
22. Prostate Cancer 6.05
23. Leukemia 5.32
24. Falls 4.36
25. Congenital Anomalies 4.28
  Rate
26. Liver Cancer 3.93
27. Parkinson Disease 3.45
28. Oesophagus Cancer 3.43
29. HIV/AIDS 3.35
30. Ovary Cancer 3.24
31. Low Birth Weight 3.15
32. Bladder Cancer 3.02
33. Other Neoplasms 2.88
34. Skin Cancers 2.79
35. Stomach Cancer 2.76
36. Oral Cancer 2.06
37. Uterin Cancer 1.82
38. Hepatitis C 1.68
39. Alcohol 1.60
40. Drug Use 1.45
41. Diarrhoeal diseases 1.22
42. Drownings 1.16
43. Cervical Cancer 1.13
44. Fires 0.94
45. Birth Trauma 0.91
46. Multiple Sclerosis 0.90
47. Asthma 0.87
48. Skin Disease 0.78
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease 0.63
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease 0.61
 
 
USA
 TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
   
MALE
 Rate
1. Heart Disease
237.67
2. Cancer
217.47
3. Accidents
55.19
4. Chronic Lung Disease
48.05
5. Stroke
42.47
6. Diabetes
26.36
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.35
8. Alzheimer's
18.45
9. Suicide
18.41
10. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.78
11. Liver Disease
12.70
12. Blood Poisoning
12.07
13. Parkinson's Disease
9.63
14. Homicide
9.58
15. Hypertension/Renal
7.30
   
FEMALE
 Rate
1. Heart Disease
154.01
2. Cancer
151.32
3. Stroke
41.34
4. Chronic Lung Disease
35.99
5. Accidents
25.78
6. Alzheimer's
24.94
7. Diabetes
19.50
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.17
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
12.46
10. Blood Poisoning
10.17
11. Hypertension/Renal
7.23
12. Liver Disease
5.88
13. Suicide
4.67
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.33
15. Homicide
2.54
   
 
USA
CANCER PROFILE
AGE-STANDARDIZED RATES
PER 100,000 POPULATION
   

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate
1. Lung Cancers
66.8
2. Breast Cancer
119.3
3. Stomach Cancer
6.6
4. Bladder Cancer
20.5
5. Lymphomas
18.7
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
46.8
7. Leukaemia
11.7
8. Cervical Cancer
8.0
9. Prostate Cancer
152.6
10. Oral Cancer
10.4
11. Ovary Cancer
12.3
12. Liver Cancer
6.0
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.5
14. Uterin Cancer
23.7
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.9
16. Skin Cancers
18.2
17. Brain Cancer
6.6

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate
1. Lung Cancers
51.7
2. Breast Cancer
23.4
3. Stomach Cancer
3.7
4. Bladder Cancer
4.3
5. Lymphomas
6.7
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.1
7. Leukaemia
7.2
8. Cervical Cancer
2.4
9. Prostate Cancer
23.6
10. Oral Cancer
2.5
11. Ovary Cancer
8.5
12. Liver Cancer
5.3
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.8
14. Uterin Cancer
4.2
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
16. Skin Cancers
2.7
17. Brain Cancer
4.2