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HEALTH PROFILE CALIFORNIA

 

A comprehensive summary of California'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.

 

CALIFORNIA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
CALIFORNIA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
220.10
31
2. Cancer
192.36
45
3. Accidents
44.55
46
4. Stroke
42.96
26
5. Chronic Lung Disease
42.80
39
6. Diabetes
25.57
34
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.26
15
8. Alzheimer's
20.70
21
9. Liver Disease
16.16
6
10. Suicide
15.71
42
11. Homicide
10.37
18
12. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
10.22
45
13. Hypertension/Renal
9.06
7
14. Parkinson's Disease
8.92
37
15. Blood Poisoning
3.52
49
     
CALIFORNIA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
144.61
27
2. Cancer
140.64
45
3. Stroke
41.08
28
4. Chronic Lung Disease
33.81
36
5. Alzheimer's
26.32
29
6. Accidents
20.12
45
7. Diabetes
18.78
33
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.67
12
9. Hypertension/Renal
9.14
5
10. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
6.98
44
11. Liver Disease
6.92
17
12. Suicide
4.48
34
13. Parkinson's Disease
4.05
41
14. Blood Poisoning
2.84
51
15. Homicide
2.05
33
   
   

CALIFORNIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,214
24.09
2. Stroke
14,556
8.12
3. Lung Cancers
13,170
7.34
4. Lung Disease
12,000
6.69
5. Alzheimers
8,497
4.74
6. Diabetes Mellitus
7,413
4.13
7. Influenza & Pneumonia
6,566
3.66
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,141
2.87
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,334
2.42
10. Breast Cancer
4,252
2.37
11. Liver Disease
4,056
2.26
12. Suicide
3,600
2.01
13. Pancreas Cancer
3,524
1.96
14. Lymphomas
3,479
1.94
15. Inflammatory/Heart
3,401
1.90
16. Poisonings
3,371
1.88
17. Hypertension
3,193
1.78
18. Prostate Cancer
3,057
1.70
19. Kidney Disease
2,947
1.64
20. Endocrine Disorders
2,528
1.41
21. Violence
2,371
1.32
22. Liver Cancer
2,323
1.30
23. Leukemia
2,267
1.26
24. Parkinson Disease
1,992
1.11
25. Falls
1,891
1.05

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Other Injuries
1,710
0.95
27. Stomach Cancer
1,535
0.86
28. Ovary Cancer
1,531
0.85
29. Bladder Cancer
1,385
0.77
30. Other Neoplasms
1,341
0.75
31. Congenital Anomalies
1,285
0.72
32. Hepatitis C
1,187
0.66
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1,167
0.65
34. Skin Cancers
1,150
0.64
35. HIV/AIDS
1,101
0.61
36. Oral Cancer
882
0.49
37. Uterin Cancer
787
0.44
38. Alcohol
663
0.37
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
652
0.36
40. Low Birth Weight
529
0.29
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
467
0.26
42. Cervical Cancer
440
0.25
43. Asthma
419
0.23
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
381
0.21
45. Drownings
368
0.21
46. Drug Use
320
0.18
47. Birth Trauma
302
0.17
48. Multiple Sclerosis
281
0.16
49. Skin Disease
250
0.14
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
237
0.13
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
50.5
46
2. Breast Cancer
122.2
21
3. Stomach Cancer
7.9
7
4. Bladder Cancer
18.5
37
5. Lymphomas
18.3
29
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
43.1
41
7. Leukaemia
11.3
31
8. Cervical Cancer
8.1
21
9. Prostate Cancer
147.9
36
10. Oral Cancer
9.9
35
11. Ovary Cancer
12.3
28
12. Liver Cancer
8.3
3
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.0
36
14. Uterin Cancer
22.4
30
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.6
48
16. Skin Cancers
20.2
18
17. Brain Cancer
6.1
42

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
40.5
48
2. Breast Cancer
22.3
34
3. Stomach Cancer
4.5
5
4. Bladder Cancer
4.1
39
5. Lymphomas
6.3
43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.4
46
7. Leukaemia
6.7
45
8. Cervical Cancer
2.5
20
9. Prostate Cancer
22.2
41
10. Oral Cancer
2.6
21
11. Ovary Cancer
8.3
34
12. Liver Cancer
6.4
4
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.2
41
14. Uterin Cancer
3.9
37
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.6
50
16. Skin Cancers
2.6
36
17. Brain Cancer
4.3
28
   
   

CALIFORNIA 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
     
CALIFORNIA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
178.08
29
2. Cancer
161.79
46
3. Stroke
42.26
27
4. Chronic Lung Disease
37.38
38
5. Accidents
32.01
47
6. Alzheimer's
24.33
25
7. Diabetes
21.80
35
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.90
10
9. Liver Disease
11.33
9
10. Suicide
9.91
42
11. Hypertension/Renal
9.22
7
12. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
8.29
45
13. Homicide
6.31
21
14. Parkinson's Disease
5.97
39
15. Blood Poisoning
3.12
51
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
15.8
24
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
14.0
51
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
50.2
23
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
24.4
41