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HEALTH PROFILE ALASKA

 

A comprehensive summary of Alaska'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.

 

ALASKA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
ALASKA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
207.61
37
2. Heart Disease
176.79
50
3. Accidents
72.78
11
4. Stroke
49.57
10
5. Chronic Lung Disease
48.20
29
6. Suicide
36.59
1
7. Diabetes
32.39
7
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.98
47
9. Alzheimer's
12.89
49
10. Liver Disease
12.36
25
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
11.04
43
12. Homicide
9.88
21
13. Blood Poisoning
9.36
33
14. Hypertension/Renal
4.98
44
15. Parkinson's Disease
2.88
51
     
ALASKA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
158.52
20
2. Heart Disease
118.74
47
3. Chronic Lung Disease
42.02
12
4. Stroke
39.22
36
5. Accidents
35.84
6
6. Alzheimer's
26.64
25
7. Diabetes
16.88
39
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.23
38
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
10.68
30
10. Liver Disease
10.52
3
11. Suicide
7.96
3
12. Blood Poisoning
7.04
35
13. Parkinson's Disease
5.87
3
14. Homicide
4.01
5
15. Hypertension/Renal
3.19
51
   
   

ALASKA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
344
13.78
2. Lung Cancers
253
10.13
3. Lung Disease
164
6.57
4. Stroke
157
6.29
5. Suicide
149
5.97
6. Other Injuries
119
4.77
7. Diabetes Mellitus
105
4.21
8. Poisonings
87
3.48
9. Road Traffic Accidents
86
3.44
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
83
3.32
11. Alcohol
72
2.88
12. Liver Disease
70
2.80
13. Breast Cancer
69
2.76
14. Alzheimers
65
2.60
15. Violence
50
2.00
16. Pancreas Cancer
48
1.92
17. Influenza & Pneumonia
48
1.92
18. Kidney Disease
41
1.64
19. Endocrine Disorders
41
1.64
20. Inflammatory/Heart
38
1.52
21. Leukemia
31
1.24
22. Lymphomas
30
1.20
23. Prostate Cancer
29
1.16
24. Falls
27
1.08
25. Drownings
27
1.08

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Congenital Anomalies
26
1.04
27. Liver Cancer
23
0.92
28. Ovary Cancer
22
0.88
29. Oesophagus Cancer
22
0.88
30. Stomach Cancer
18
0.72
31. Fires
18
0.72
32. Hepatitis C
17
0.68
33. Parkinson Disease
16
0.64
34. Hypertension
15
0.60
35. Other Neoplasms
14
0.56
36. Skin Cancers
13
0.52
37. Bladder Cancer
10
0.40
38. Low Birth Weight
9
0.36
39. Asthma
9
0.36
40. Skin Disease
8
0.32
41. Malnutrition
8
0.32
42. Multiple Sclerosis
8
0.32
43. Oral Cancer
8
0.32
44. Uterin Cancer
8
0.32
45. Cervical Cancer
8
0.32
46. HIV/AIDS
7
0.28
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6
0.24
48. Hepatitis B
5
0.20
49. Epilepsy
5
0.20
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.16
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
69.8
22
2. Breast Cancer
119.7
27
3. Stomach Cancer
5.4
36
4. Bladder Cancer
22.0
19
5. Lymphomas
19.2
22
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
47.4
25
7. Leukaemia
13.3
10
8. Cervical Cancer
8.6
15
9. Prostate Cancer
114.7
50
10. Oral Cancer
11.0
16
11. Ovary Cancer
9.2
49
12. Liver Cancer
6.1
16
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.4
29
14. Uterin Cancer
25.0
19
15. Oesophagus Cancer
7.0
4
16. Skin Cancers
8.9
50
17. Brain Cancer
5.2
49

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
47.1
42
2. Breast Cancer
27.4
1
3. Stomach Cancer
4.3
11
4. Bladder Cancer
4.0
41
5. Lymphomas
7.3
10
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.1
29
7. Leukaemia
9.4
1
8. Cervical Cancer
N/A
N/A
9. Prostate Cancer
18.5
51
10. Oral Cancer
N/A
N/A
11. Ovary Cancer
6.9
52
12. Liver Cancer
5.1
23
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.6
13
14. Uterin Cancer
N/A
N/A
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.4
7
16. Skin Cancers
N/A
N/A
17. Brain Cancer
4.1
37
   
   

ALASKA 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
     
ALASKA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
180.04
27
2. Heart Disease
148.23
48
3. Accidents
55.54
8
4. Stroke
44.39
18
5. Chronic Lung Disease
44.36
24
6. Diabetes
23.46
21
7. Suicide
22.18
1
8. Alzheimer's
20.90
38
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.91
44
10. Liver Disease
11.40
8
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
10.55
41
12. Blood Poisoning
7.83
36
13. Homicide
7.16
15
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.47
49
15. Hypertension/Renal
3.84
51
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
17.9
11
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
21.5
11
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
60.8
1
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
26.9
25