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HEALTH PROFILE DELAWARE

 

A comprehensive summary of Delaware'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.

 

DELAWARE TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
DELAWARE MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
253.14
17
2. Cancer
226.82
18
3. Accidents
52.26
35
4. Chronic Lung Disease
43.22
38
5. Stroke
35.71
43
6. Diabetes
29.21
16
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
22.21
16
8. Alzheimer's
19.34
29
9. Suicide
16.68
40
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.30
45
11. Blood Poisoning
14.13
20
12. Liver Disease
8.99
49
13. Homicide
8.52
24
14. Parkinson's Disease
8.15
45
15. Hypertension/Renal
4.80
45
     
DELAWARE FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
170.84
4
2. Heart Disease
157.11
19
3. Stroke
40.59
30
4. Chronic Lung Disease
37.74
26
5. Alzheimer's
21.93
40
6. Diabetes
18.87
31
7. Accidents
18.80
47
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
13.91
21
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.01
45
10. Blood Poisoning
10.35
21
11. Liver Disease
6.33
21
12. Suicide
5.33
22
13. Hypertension/Renal
4.48
49
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.07
40
15. Homicide
3.10
17
   
   

DELAWARE TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,258
23.44
2. Lung Cancers
549
10.23
3. Stroke
374
6.97
4. Lung Disease
371
6.91
5. Diabetes Mellitus
223
4.16
6. Alzheimers
201
3.75
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
194
3.61
8. Kidney Disease
170
3.17
9. Inflammatory/Heart
170
3.17
10. Endocrine Disorders
143
2.66
11. Breast Cancer
140
2.61
12. Road Traffic Accidents
120
2.24
13. Influenza & Pneumonia
117
2.18
14. Pancreas Cancer
103
1.92
15. Lymphomas
101
1.88
16. Suicide
95
1.77
17. Prostate Cancer
88
1.64
18. Poisonings
73
1.36
19. Liver Disease
70
1.30
20. Other Injuries
67
1.25
21. Parkinson Disease
55
1.02
22. HIV/AIDS
55
1.02
23. Ovary Cancer
52
0.97
24. Liver Cancer
51
0.95
25. Leukemia
50
0.93

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Falls
49
0.91
27. Violence
48
0.89
28. Other Neoplasms
46
0.86
29. Hypertension
46
0.86
30. Oesophagus Cancer
41
0.76
31. Bladder Cancer
40
0.75
32. Stomach Cancer
39
0.73
33. Skin Cancers
39
0.73
34. Diarrhoeal diseases
25
0.47
35. Low Birth Weight
23
0.43
36. Uterin Cancer
21
0.39
37. Oral Cancer
20
0.37
38. Congenital Anomalies
18
0.34
39. Alcohol
17
0.32
40. Hepatitis C
16
0.30
41. Skin Disease
15
0.28
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
13
0.24
43. Cervical Cancer
12
0.22
44. Fires
11
0.20
45. Multiple Sclerosis
8
0.15
46. Asthma
7
0.13
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.09
48. Malnutrition
5
0.09
49. Anaemia
5
0.09
50. Drownings
5
0.09
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
83.5
3
2. Breast Cancer
117.6
33
3. Stomach Cancer
8.2
5
4. Bladder Cancer
24.5
10
5. Lymphomas
19.7
17
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
52.1
8
7. Leukaemia
10.3
42
8. Cervical Cancer
9.1
8
9. Prostate Cancer
200.4
1
10. Oral Cancer
9.8
38
11. Ovary Cancer
13.0
12
12. Liver Cancer
5.7
22
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.1
12
14. Uterin Cancer
28.2
13
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.3
18
16. Skin Cancers
26.1
4
17. Brain Cancer
6.8
21

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
59.6
14
2. Breast Cancer
21.3
41
3. Stomach Cancer
4.5
5
4. Bladder Cancer
5.7
3
5. Lymphomas
6.2
45
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.9
38
7. Leukaemia
7.4
22
8. Cervical Cancer
N/A
N/A
9. Prostate Cancer
21.7
43
10. Oral Cancer
2.5
25
11. Ovary Cancer
7.2
51
12. Liver Cancer
4.1
46
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.1
26
14. Uterin Cancer
4.9
10
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.7
22
16. Skin Cancers
2.3
47
17. Brain Cancer
3.8
47
   
   

DELAWARE 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
     
DELAWARE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
200.45
18
2. Cancer
194.00
11
3. Chronic Lung Disease
40.16
32
4. Stroke
39.44
33
5. Accidents
34.90
41
6. Diabetes
23.40
23
7. Alzheimer's
20.96
36
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.08
19
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.21
45
10. Blood Poisoning
11.92
20
11. Suicide
10.73
37
12. Liver Disease
7.48
37
13. Parkinson's Disease
5.85
42
14. Homicide
5.78
24
15. Hypertension/Renal
4.85
45
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
18.5
7
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
17.7
31
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
47.9
38
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
27.9
20