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HEALTH PROFILE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

A comprehensive summary of District of Columbia'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.

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
310.10
2
2. Cancer
240.05
11
3. Homicide
44.70
1
4. Accidents
42.04
48
5. Stroke
35.05
45
6. Chronic Lung Disease
31.89
50
7. Diabetes
29.10
18
8. Blood Poisoning
21.39
1
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
18.38
25
10. Alzheimer's
17.91
34
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.61
40
12. Hypertension/Renal
12.12
2
13. Liver Disease
8.90
51
14. Suicide
8.44
51
15. Parkinson's Disease
6.42
49
     
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
189.08
4
2. Cancer
174.95
3
3. Stroke
37.08
39
4. Accidents
24.13
38
5. Alzheimer's
23.50
36
6. Diabetes
22.69
13
7. Blood Poisoning
17.08
2
8. Chronic Lung Disease
16.42
50
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.04
44
10. Hypertension/Renal
9.41
3
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
6.60
47
12. Liver Disease
5.95
22
13. Homicide
4.71
2
14. Suicide
3.64
44
15. Parkinson's Disease
2.71
51
   
   

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,018
26.65
2. Lung Cancers
270
7.07
3. Stroke
220
5.76
4. HIV/AIDS
194
5.08
5. Violence
159
4.16
6. Diabetes Mellitus
152
3.98
7. Alzheimers
140
3.66
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
127
3.32
9. Lung Disease
122
3.19
10. Breast Cancer
108
2.83
11. Prostate Cancer
93
2.43
12. Pancreas Cancer
85
2.23
13. Influenza & Pneumonia
82
2.15
14. Kidney Disease
69
1.81
15. Lymphomas
64
1.68
16. Hypertension
63
1.65
17. Endocrine Disorders
62
1.62
18. Inflammatory/Heart
61
1.60
19. Other Injuries
57
1.49
20. Road Traffic Accidents
56
1.47
21. Liver Cancer
46
1.20
22. Liver Disease
45
1.18
23. Poisonings
38
0.99
24. Falls
37
0.97
25. Suicide
36
0.94

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.86
27. Leukemia
33
0.86
28. Congenital Anomalies
33
0.86
29. Stomach Cancer
31
0.81
30. Alcohol
31
0.81
31. Other Neoplasms
29
0.76
32. Bladder Cancer
24
0.63
33. Parkinson Disease
23
0.60
34. Ovary Cancer
23
0.60
35. Hepatitis C
23
0.60
36. Oral Cancer
21
0.55
37. Low Birth Weight
20
0.52
38. Uterin Cancer
20
0.52
39. Drug Use
19
0.50
40. Fires
12
0.31
41. Cervical Cancer
12
0.31
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
11
0.29
43. Skin Disease
9
0.24
44. Skin Cancers
9
0.24
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.18
46. Anaemia
7
0.18
47. Asthma
7
0.18
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6
0.16
49. Multiple Sclerosis
6
0.16
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.13
   
   

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CANCER PROFILE
AGE-STANDARDIZED RATES
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
   

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
58.8
41
2. Breast Cancer
128.9
9
3. Stomach Cancer
8.3
4
4. Bladder Cancer
14.2
49
5. Lymphomas
17.4
35
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42.6
44
7. Leukaemia
7.5
50
8. Cervical Cancer
8.8
12
9. Prostate Cancer
164.9
15
10. Oral Cancer
14.7
1
11. Ovary Cancer
12.6
16
12. Liver Cancer
8.1
4
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.5
8
14. Uterin Cancer
23.0
26
15. Oesophagus Cancer
7.4
3
16. Skin Cancers
10.0
49
17. Brain Cancer
5.7
45

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
47.1
42
2. Breast Cancer
27.0
3
3. Stomach Cancer
3.9
18
4. Bladder Cancer
5.4
6
5. Lymphomas
6.3
43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
22.4
1
7. Leukaemia
7.7
13
8. Cervical Cancer
N/A
N/A
9. Prostate Cancer
40.8
1
10. Oral Cancer
4.3
1
11. Ovary Cancer
9.8
2
12. Liver Cancer
5.7
9
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.8
9
14. Uterin Cancer
7.5
1
15. Oesophagus Cancer
7.3
1
16. Skin Cancers
N/A
N/A
17. Brain Cancer
N/A
N/A
   
   

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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
     
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
238.66
3
2. Cancer
198.41
6
3. Stroke
36.78
43
4. Accidents
32.36
46
5. Diabetes
25.11
16
6. Homicide
23.85
1
7. Chronic Lung Disease
22.33
50
8. Alzheimer's
21.76
35
9. Blood Poisoning
18.55
2
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.16
43
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
11.16
36
12. Hypertension/Renal
10.55
3
13. Liver Disease
7.44
38
14. Suicide
5.84
51
15. Parkinson's Disease
3.77
51
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
20.1
4
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
16.2
43
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
53.9
12
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
21.5
50