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HEALTH PROFILE ILLINOIS

 

A comprehensive summary of Illinois'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.

 

ILLINOIS TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
ILLINOIS MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
244.10
21
2. Cancer
225.13
20
3. Accidents
47.16
44
4. Stroke
44.44
20
5. Chronic Lung Disease
43.79
37
6. Diabetes
25.79
33
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
24.46
8
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.41
14
9. Blood Poisoning
18.22
9
10. Alzheimer's
16.82
38
11. Suicide
14.22
46
12. Homicide
10.77
16
13. Liver Disease
10.72
32
14. Parkinson's Disease
9.78
25
15. Hypertension/Renal
6.15
31
     
ILLINOIS FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
161.23
11
2. Heart Disease
154.57
22
3. Stroke
42.70
20
4. Chronic Lung Disease
32.19
41
5. Alzheimer's
21.38
41
6. Accidents
21.05
44
7. Diabetes
19.01
30
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.61
14
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
15.97
12
10. Blood Poisoning
14.48
10
11. Hypertension/Renal
6.21
30
12. Liver Disease
5.34
29
13. Parkinson's Disease
4.18
35
14. Suicide
3.39
46
15. Homicide
2.43
27
   
   

ILLINOIS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
16,513
22.76
2. Lung Cancers
6,904
9.52
3. Stroke
5,864
8.08
4. Lung Disease
4,554
6.28
5. Diabetes Mellitus
2,851
3.93
6. Alzheimers
2,734
3.77
7. Kidney Disease
2,574
3.55
8. Influenza & Pneumonia
2,560
3.53
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,482
3.42
10. Breast Cancer
1,825
2.52
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,424
1.96
12. Lymphomas
1,363
1.88
13. Road Traffic Accidents
1,352
1.86
14. Inflammatory/Heart
1,336
1.84
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,282
1.77
16. Prostate Cancer
1,261
1.74
17. Suicide
1,108
1.53
18. Other Injuries
1,096
1.51
19. Poisonings
1,094
1.51
20. Liver Disease
1,027
1.42
21. Leukemia
903
1.24
22. Violence
863
1.19
23. Hypertension
856
1.18
24. Parkinson Disease
816
1.12
25. Falls
698
0.96

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Other Neoplasms
680
0.94
27. Liver Cancer
631
0.87
28. Ovary Cancer
620
0.85
29. Oesophagus Cancer
618
0.85
30. Bladder Cancer
574
0.79
31. Stomach Cancer
485
0.67
32. Skin Cancers
419
0.58
33. Congenital Anomalies
404
0.56
34. Low Birth Weight
361
0.50
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
351
0.48
36. Uterin Cancer
331
0.46
37. Oral Cancer
319
0.44
38. HIV/AIDS
303
0.42
39. Cervical Cancer
189
0.26
40. Skin Disease
176
0.24
41. Multiple Sclerosis
173
0.24
42. Alcohol
161
0.22
43. Anaemia
153
0.21
44. Asthma
149
0.21
45. Hepatitis C
139
0.19
46. Fires
136
0.19
47. Drownings
119
0.16
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
117
0.16
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
117
0.16
50. Malnutrition
101
0.14
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
71.4
18
2. Breast Cancer
125.6
13
3. Stomach Cancer
7.1
11
4. Bladder Cancer
21.4
20
5. Lymphomas
18.8
23
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
53.9
4
7. Leukaemia
12.3
22
8. Cervical Cancer
8.7
14
9. Prostate Cancer
153.7
27
10. Oral Cancer
10.4
29
11. Ovary Cancer
13.1
11
12. Liver Cancer
5.6
23
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.1
12
14. Uterin Cancer
27.3
16
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.4
15
16. Skin Cancers
15.7
40
17. Brain Cancer
6.2
39

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
52.7
25
2. Breast Cancer
24.1
18
3. Stomach Cancer
3.9
18
4. Bladder Cancer
4.5
21
5. Lymphomas
6.9
19
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.3
7
7. Leukaemia
7.4
22
8. Cervical Cancer
2.5
20
9. Prostate Cancer
25.3
20
10. Oral Cancer
2.4
31
11. Ovary Cancer
8.6
28
12. Liver Cancer
5.2
21
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.4
17
14. Uterin Cancer
4.8
12
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
32
16. Skin Cancers
2.6
36
17. Brain Cancer
3.8
47
   
   

ILLINOIS 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
     
ILLINOIS
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
192.91
21
2. Cancer
185.96
20
3. Stroke
43.91
20
4. Chronic Lung Disease
36.73
39
5. Accidents
33.45
45
6. Diabetes
21.86
34
7. Alzheimer's
19.90
41
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.17
11
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.86
11
10. Blood Poisoning
15.93
9
11. Suicide
8.55
46
12. Liver Disease
7.90
29
13. Homicide
6.66
18
14. Hypertension/Renal
6.31
29
15. Parkinson's Disease
6.22
32
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
17.6
12
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
21.3
13
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
48.7
32
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
26.6
27