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HEALTH PROFILE COLORADO

 

A comprehensive summary of Colorado'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.

 

COLORADO TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
COLORADO MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
182.75
49
2. Heart Disease
182.25
48
3. Chronic Lung Disease
58.51
15
4. Accidents
57.21
25
5. Stroke
36.96
38
6. Suicide
26.25
8
7. Alzheimer's
22.35
11
8. Diabetes
18.80
49
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.63
34
10. Liver Disease
15.15
9
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
12.62
40
12. Parkinson's Disease
11.03
14
13. Blood Poisoning
8.09
38
14. Hypertension/Renal
5.88
34
15. Homicide
4.41
36
     
COLORADO FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
133.64
47
2. Heart Disease
116.60
49
3. Chronic Lung Disease
43.12
8
4. Stroke
40.05
33
5. Accidents
31.79
17
6. Alzheimer's
30.70
15
7. Diabetes
15.05
46
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.09
39
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
9.63
35
10. Liver Disease
7.25
14
11. Suicide
7.18
5
12. Blood Poisoning
6.48
39
13. Parkinson's Disease
4.91
15
14. Hypertension/Renal
4.81
44
15. Homicide
2.36
30
   
   

COLORADO TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
3,896
18.13
2. Lung Disease
1,950
9.07
3. Stroke
1,600
7.44
4. Lung Cancers
1,587
7.38
5. Alzheimers
1,109
5.16
6. Suicide
811
3.77
7. Diabetes Mellitus
710
3.30
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
608
2.83
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
598
2.78
10. Road Traffic Accidents
592
2.75
11. Poisonings
567
2.64
12. Liver Disease
542
2.52
13. Breast Cancer
459
2.14
14. Kidney Disease
453
2.11
15. Lymphomas
451
2.10
16. Falls
448
2.08
17. Pancreas Cancer
439
2.04
18. Other Injuries
423
1.97
19. Endocrine Disorders
393
1.83
20. Prostate Cancer
370
1.72
21. Inflammatory/Heart
335
1.56
22. Parkinson Disease
287
1.34
23. Leukemia
270
1.26
24. Hypertension
217
1.01
25. Ovary Cancer
214
1.00

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Liver Cancer
213
0.99
27. Skin Cancers
195
0.91
28. Congenital Anomalies
181
0.84
29. Other Neoplasms
176
0.82
30. Violence
173
0.80
31. Alcohol
173
0.80
32. Oesophagus Cancer
170
0.79
33. Bladder Cancer
161
0.75
34. Stomach Cancer
109
0.51
35. Hepatitis C
98
0.46
36. Oral Cancer
86
0.40
37. HIV/AIDS
82
0.38
38. Uterin Cancer
78
0.36
39. Low Birth Weight
73
0.34
40. Multiple Sclerosis
65
0.30
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
64
0.30
42. Drownings
63
0.29
43. Skin Disease
48
0.22
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
47
0.22
45. Cervical Cancer
46
0.21
46. Asthma
45
0.21
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
44
0.20
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
40
0.19
49. Malnutrition
31
0.14
50. Anaemia
31
0.14
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
48.4
48
2. Breast Cancer
117.8
32
3. Stomach Cancer
5.3
37
4. Bladder Cancer
17.8
41
5. Lymphomas
17.1
40
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
39.8
47
7. Leukaemia
11.4
30
8. Cervical Cancer
7.5
29
9. Prostate Cancer
151.1
31
10. Oral Cancer
8.9
47
11. Ovary Cancer
12.7
14
12. Liver Cancer
5.3
26
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.3
46
14. Uterin Cancer
18.5
45
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.0
46
16. Skin Cancers
22.0
12
17. Brain Cancer
6.5
30

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
38.3
50
2. Breast Cancer
20.8
43
3. Stomach Cancer
3.4
30
4. Bladder Cancer
4.3
28
5. Lymphomas
6.4
36
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.9
38
7. Leukaemia
6.5
47
8. Cervical Cancer
2.1
31
9. Prostate Cancer
22.5
38
10. Oral Cancer
2.3
37
11. Ovary Cancer
8.2
35
12. Liver Cancer
4.2
45
13. Pancreas Cancer
9.6
48
14. Uterin Cancer
2.9
46
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.0
48
16. Skin Cancers
3.0
18
17. Brain Cancer
4.6
20
   
   

COLORADO 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
     
COLORADO
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
153.87
48
2. Heart Disease
145.43
49
3. Chronic Lung Disease
49.14
10
4. Accidents
44.31
20
5. Stroke
39.05
35
6. Alzheimer's
27.79
14
7. Diabetes
16.73
48
8. Suicide
16.45
6
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.26
38
10. Liver Disease
11.01
12
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
10.84
39
12. Parkinson's Disease
7.28
16
13. Blood Poisoning
7.10
39
14. Hypertension/Renal
5.27
43
15. Homicide
3.45
34
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
16.3
22
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
17.6
32
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
54.7
10
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
19.1
52