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HEALTH PROFILE ALABAMA

 

A comprehensive summary of Alabama's health including total deaths and death rates for 50 causes of death by age and gender. Use navigation on left side for more comparisions including cause of death county data. Navigate to other states from drop down at top left. Latest CDC data is used.

 

ALABAMA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
ALABAMA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
288.41
4
2. Cancer
258.21
3
3. Accidents
75.34
10
4. Chronic Lung Disease
63.29
7
5. Stroke
57.81
1
6. Diabetes
31.19
10
7. Alzheimer's
26.33
4
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
23.35
10
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
22.37
14
10. Suicide
20.92
24
11. Homicide
16.86
4
12. Blood Poisoning
15.75
15
13. Liver Disease
12.88
18
14. Parkinson's Disease
9.73
27
15. Hypertension/Renal
9.66
5
     
ALABAMA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
193.04
3
2. Cancer
154.93
27
3. Stroke
51.37
4
4. Chronic Lung Disease
41.71
14
5. Accidents
34.45
9
6. Alzheimer's
31.90
9
7. Diabetes
21.87
16
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.72
3
9. Blood Poisoning
14.98
9
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.30
25
11. Hypertension/Renal
8.85
7
12. Liver Disease
7.16
15
13. Suicide
5.08
26
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.45
29
15. Homicide
4.36
4
   
   

ALABAMA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,535
17.79
2. Lung Cancers
3,161
10.16
3. Stroke
2,747
8.83
4. Lung Disease
2,465
7.92
5. Alzheimers
1,517
4.87
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,313
4.22
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,183
3.80
8. Kidney Disease
1,075
3.45
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
901
2.90
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
892
2.87
11. Breast Cancer
684
2.20
12. Other Injuries
624
2.01
13. Suicide
592
1.90
14. Pancreas Cancer
584
1.88
15. Lymphomas
581
1.87
16. Prostate Cancer
546
1.75
17. Endocrine Disorders
520
1.67
18. Inflammatory/Heart
514
1.65
19. Liver Disease
505
1.62
20. Violence
480
1.54
21. Hypertension
475
1.53
22. Poisonings
471
1.51
23. Leukemia
364
1.17
24. Parkinson Disease
321
1.03
25. Liver Cancer
305
0.98

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
253
0.81
27. Other Neoplasms
230
0.74
28. Oesophagus Cancer
224
0.72
29. Skin Cancers
195
0.63
30. Stomach Cancer
194
0.62
31. Congenital Anomalies
187
0.60
32. HIV/AIDS
183
0.59
33. Bladder Cancer
182
0.58
34. Falls
170
0.55
35. Oral Cancer
162
0.52
36. Low Birth Weight
159
0.51
37. Uterin Cancer
98
0.31
38. Hepatitis C
90
0.29
39. Fires
88
0.28
40. Cervical Cancer
83
0.27
41. Malnutrition
82
0.26
42. Drownings
77
0.25
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
74
0.24
44. Skin Disease
71
0.23
45. Alcohol
66
0.21
46. Anaemia
54
0.17
47. Asthma
48
0.15
48. Multiple Sclerosis
47
0.15
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
44
0.14
50. Drug Use
43
0.14
   
   

ALABAMA CANCER PROFILE
AGE-STANDARDIZED RATES
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
   

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
75.1
14
2. Breast Cancer
118.5
29
3. Stomach Cancer
5.6
32
4. Bladder Cancer
17.5
42
5. Lymphomas
15.5
49
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
49.4
15
7. Leukaemia
9.6
46
8. Cervical Cancer
8.1
21
9. Prostate Cancer
165.6
14
10. Oral Cancer
13.9
2
11. Ovary Cancer
12.4
22
12. Liver Cancer
4.5
40
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.2
34
14. Uterin Cancer
18.0
47
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.7
32
16. Skin Cancers
18.2
27
17. Brain Cancer
6.7
26

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
60.4
11
2. Breast Cancer
23.5
24
3. Stomach Cancer
3.8
20
4. Bladder Cancer
4.3
28
5. Lymphomas
6.3
43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.6
5
7. Leukaemia
6.9
37
8. Cervical Cancer
2.7
11
9. Prostate Cancer
28.8
4
10. Oral Cancer
2.9
8
11. Ovary Cancer
9.7
5
12. Liver Cancer
4.9
28
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.0
28
14. Uterin Cancer
2.9
46
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.1
43
16. Skin Cancers
3.0
18
17. Brain Cancer
4.8
13
   
   

ALABAMA USA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH COMPARISION
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
UNITED STATES
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
190.88
1
2. Cancer
178.37
2
3. Stroke
42.24
3
4. Chronic Lung Disease
40.76
4
5. Accidents
39.97
5
6. Alzheimer's
22.68
6
7. Diabetes
22.54
7
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.23
8
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
14.55
9
10. Suicide
11.26
10
11. Blood Poisoning
10.97
11
12. Liver Disease
9.11
12
13. Hypertension/Renal
7.38
13
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.37
14
15. Homicide
6.10
15
     
ALABAMA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
235.10
4
2. Cancer
196.99
9
3. Stroke
54.45
2
4. Accidents
53.85
10
5. Chronic Lung Disease
50.18
8
6. Alzheimer's
30.03
7
7. Diabetes
25.92
14
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
20.66
6
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.76
21
10. Blood Poisoning
15.27
12
11. Suicide
12.54
25
12. Homicide
10.56
3
13. Liver Disease
9.86
18
14. Hypertension/Renal
9.43
5
15. Parkinson's Disease
6.42
27
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
10.6
47
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
22.1
10
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
41.7
48
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
31.6
3