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HEALTH PROFILE CONNECTICUT

 

A comprehensive summary of Connecticut'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.

 

CONNECTICUT TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
CONNECTICUT MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
217.21
35
2. Cancer
205.08
38
3. Accidents
50.97
37
4. Chronic Lung Disease
37.17
46
5. Stroke
35.58
44
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.95
16
7. Diabetes
18.66
50
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
18.15
26
9. Blood Poisoning
17.01
12
10. Alzheimer's
14.92
42
11. Suicide
12.13
48
12. Liver Disease
10.85
31
13. Parkinson's Disease
9.60
28
14. Hypertension/Renal
6.47
27
15. Homicide
4.48
35
     
CONNECTICUT FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
149.07
37
2. Heart Disease
137.50
31
3. Stroke
33.23
48
4. Chronic Lung Disease
31.06
42
5. Accidents
21.99
41
6. Alzheimer's
17.77
46
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.35
20
8. Diabetes
13.68
49
9. Blood Poisoning
13.35
15
10. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
10.67
31
11. Hypertension/Renal
7.08
20
12. Parkinson's Disease
4.61
23
13. Liver Disease
4.33
45
14. Suicide
2.97
49
15. Homicide
1.75
38
   
   

CONNECTICUT TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,335
22.00
2. Lung Cancers
1,801
9.14
3. Stroke
1,463
7.43
4. Lung Disease
1,312
6.66
5. Influenza & Pneumonia
778
3.95
6. Alzheimers
764
3.88
7. Diabetes Mellitus
646
3.28
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
586
2.97
9. Kidney Disease
575
2.92
10. Breast Cancer
512
2.60
11. Pancreas Cancer
468
2.38
12. Inflammatory/Heart
411
2.09
13. Lymphomas
406
2.06
14. Endocrine Disorders
391
1.98
15. Poisonings
386
1.96
16. Prostate Cancer
379
1.92
17. Other Injuries
318
1.61
18. Road Traffic Accidents
309
1.57
19. Hypertension
300
1.52
20. Falls
287
1.46
21. Liver Disease
287
1.46
22. Suicide
271
1.38
23. Parkinson Disease
267
1.36
24. Leukemia
244
1.24
25. Bladder Cancer
207
1.05

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
206
1.05
27. Other Neoplasms
183
0.93
28. Oesophagus Cancer
182
0.92
29. Liver Cancer
166
0.84
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
163
0.83
31. Stomach Cancer
159
0.81
32. HIV/AIDS
140
0.71
33. Skin Cancers
133
0.68
34. Uterin Cancer
111
0.56
35. Violence
106
0.54
36. Low Birth Weight
97
0.49
37. Oral Cancer
95
0.48
38. Congenital Anomalies
88
0.45
39. Skin Disease
68
0.35
40. Alcohol
65
0.33
41. Hepatitis C
56
0.28
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.25
43. Anaemia
49
0.25
44. Drownings
36
0.18
45. Asthma
33
0.17
46. Malnutrition
29
0.15
47. Fires
29
0.15
48. Cervical Cancer
29
0.15
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
28
0.14
50. Multiple Sclerosis
27
0.14
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
66.5
29
2. Breast Cancer
133.9
2
3. Stomach Cancer
7.8
8
4. Bladder Cancer
26.0
6
5. Lymphomas
20.7
9
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
45.3
35
7. Leukaemia
10.5
39
8. Cervical Cancer
6.5
38
9. Prostate Cancer
172.8
8
10. Oral Cancer
10.7
20
11. Ovary Cancer
12.1
31
12. Liver Cancer
6.0
19
13. Pancreas Cancer
13.8
1
14. Uterin Cancer
28.1
14
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.7
11
16. Skin Cancers
23.1
9
17. Brain Cancer
6.7
26

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
47.2
40
2. Breast Cancer
23.8
21
3. Stomach Cancer
4.2
15
4. Bladder Cancer
5.0
10
5. Lymphomas
6.6
29
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.8
40
7. Leukaemia
7.3
28
8. Cervical Cancer
1.9
33
9. Prostate Cancer
24.3
27
10. Oral Cancer
1.8
48
11. Ovary Cancer
8.9
16
12. Liver Cancer
5.2
21
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.2
3
14. Uterin Cancer
4.5
17
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.1
43
16. Skin Cancers
2.5
41
17. Brain Cancer
4.1
37
   
   

CONNECTICUT 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
     
CONNECTICUT
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
171.19
34
2. Cancer
170.88
39
3. Accidents
35.87
39
4. Stroke
34.23
47
5. Chronic Lung Disease
33.11
42
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.62
22
7. Alzheimer's
16.95
45
8. Diabetes
15.85
50
9. Blood Poisoning
14.77
15
10. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
13.47
27
11. Suicide
7.39
48
12. Liver Disease
7.31
41
13. Hypertension/Renal
6.97
24
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.40
28
15. Homicide
3.12
37
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
18.9
6
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
15.9
46
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
52.4
17
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
21.4
51