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HEALTH PROFILE GEORGIA

 

A comprehensive summary of Georgia'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.

 

GEORGIA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
GEORGIA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
258.37
13
2. Cancer
233.37
16
3. Accidents
61.09
19
4. Chronic Lung Disease
54.92
19
5. Stroke
51.39
7
6. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
25.00
6
7. Diabetes
22.93
42
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.55
19
9. Alzheimer's
20.41
24
10. Blood Poisoning
19.37
7
11. Suicide
18.37
32
12. Homicide
12.52
10
13. Hypertension/Renal
11.00
3
14. Liver Disease
10.28
38
15. Parkinson's Disease
9.00
35
     
GEORGIA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
162.50
17
2. Cancer
149.12
36
3. Stroke
47.38
11
4. Chronic Lung Disease
37.38
27
5. Accidents
29.02
21
6. Alzheimer's
27.66
20
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.67
4
8. Diabetes
16.98
38
9. Blood Poisoning
16.58
4
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.37
16
11. Hypertension/Renal
11.40
2
12. Liver Disease
5.19
31
13. Suicide
4.00
40
14. Parkinson's Disease
3.83
43
15. Homicide
3.47
11
   
   

GEORGIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
7,909
17.35
2. Lung Cancers
4,474
9.82
3. Stroke
3,893
8.54
4. Lung Disease
3,271
7.18
5. Alzheimers
1,849
4.06
6. Kidney Disease
1,710
3.75
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,695
3.72
8. Diabetes Mellitus
1,604
3.52
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
1,418
3.11
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,360
2.98
11. Breast Cancer
1,103
2.42
12. Suicide
997
2.19
13. Inflammatory/Heart
939
2.06
14. Hypertension
933
2.05
15. Pancreas Cancer
892
1.96
16. Poisonings
857
1.88
17. Lymphomas
814
1.79
18. Endocrine Disorders
811
1.78
19. Prostate Cancer
777
1.70
20. Violence
771
1.69
21. Other Injuries
746
1.64
22. HIV/AIDS
689
1.51
23. Liver Disease
684
1.50
24. Falls
595
1.31
25. Leukemia
568
1.25

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Liver Cancer
424
0.93
27. Ovary Cancer
415
0.91
28. Parkinson Disease
412
0.90
29. Other Neoplasms
365
0.80
30. Oesophagus Cancer
345
0.76
31. Bladder Cancer
326
0.72
32. Congenital Anomalies
317
0.70
33. Stomach Cancer
314
0.69
34. Low Birth Weight
309
0.68
35. Skin Cancers
245
0.54
36. Oral Cancer
237
0.52
37. Alcohol
217
0.48
38. Uterin Cancer
187
0.41
39. Hepatitis C
150
0.33
40. Cervical Cancer
147
0.32
41. Fires
125
0.27
42. Drownings
125
0.27
43. Skin Disease
118
0.26
44. Malnutrition
97
0.21
45. Birth Trauma
92
0.20
46. Asthma
91
0.20
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
77
0.17
48. Multiple Sclerosis
72
0.16
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
72
0.16
50. Anaemia
67
0.15
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
71.0
19
2. Breast Cancer
114.9
37
3. Stomach Cancer
6.4
19
4. Bladder Cancer
17.0
44
5. Lymphomas
16.4
46
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
46.7
29
7. Leukaemia
10.6
38
8. Cervical Cancer
7.4
30
9. Prostate Cancer
167.9
13
10. Oral Cancer
10.2
31
11. Ovary Cancer
12.0
32
12. Liver Cancer
5.3
26
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.6
41
14. Uterin Cancer
17.8
48
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.5
40
16. Skin Cancers
19.9
20
17. Brain Cancer
6.3
37

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
56.1
17
2. Breast Cancer
23.6
23
3. Stomach Cancer
3.7
22
4. Bladder Cancer
3.5
48
5. Lymphomas
6.0
48
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.0
32
7. Leukaemia
6.7
45
8. Cervical Cancer
2.6
15
9. Prostate Cancer
28.7
5
10. Oral Cancer
2.7
16
11. Ovary Cancer
8.1
39
12. Liver Cancer
4.7
36
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.0
45
14. Uterin Cancer
3.3
43
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.0
48
16. Skin Cancers
2.5
41
17. Brain Cancer
3.8
47
   
   

GEORGIA 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
     
GEORGIA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
203.23
15
2. Cancer
181.84
23
3. Stroke
49.73
8
4. Accidents
44.25
21
5. Chronic Lung Disease
43.86
27
6. Alzheimer's
25.34
20
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
21.50
4
8. Diabetes
19.46
42
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.34
15
10. Blood Poisoning
17.83
6
11. Hypertension/Renal
11.51
2
12. Suicide
10.69
38
13. Homicide
8.00
10
14. Liver Disease
7.56
35
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.69
45
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
10.4
48
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
19.5
20
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
48.2
36
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
28.1
19