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HEALTH PROFILE IOWA

 

A comprehensive summary of Iowa'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.

 

IOWA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
IOWA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
226.52
28
2. Cancer
216.70
30
3. Chronic Lung Disease
57.85
17
4. Accidents
49.73
39
5. Stroke
43.34
25
6. Diabetes
23.06
41
7. Alzheimer's
23.03
9
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.09
22
9. Suicide
17.48
38
10. Parkinson's Disease
11.01
15
11. Liver Disease
9.72
41
12. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
8.95
49
13. Blood Poisoning
8.02
40
14. Hypertension/Renal
6.05
33
15. Homicide
2.62
46
     
IOWA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
151.89
32
2. Heart Disease
136.48
32
3. Stroke
40.49
31
4. Chronic Lung Disease
36.99
29
5. Alzheimer's
30.71
14
6. Accidents
25.96
32
7. Diabetes
18.80
32
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.70
11
9. Hypertension/Renal
6.12
33
10. Blood Poisoning
6.02
42
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
5.73
50
12. Parkinson's Disease
5.34
11
13. Liver Disease
4.93
38
14. Suicide
4.20
38
15. Homicide
0.94
50
   
   

IOWA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,194
25.32
2. Lung Cancers
1,835
8.94
3. Stroke
1,686
8.22
4. Lung Disease
1,605
7.82
5. Alzheimers
1,202
5.86
6. Diabetes Mellitus
767
3.74
7. Influenza & Pneumonia
752
3.67
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
653
3.18
9. Road Traffic Accidents
447
2.18
10. Breast Cancer
420
2.05
11. Lymphomas
393
1.92
12. Prostate Cancer
373
1.82
13. Falls
366
1.78
14. Pancreas Cancer
340
1.66
15. Suicide
322
1.57
16. Endocrine Disorders
311
1.52
17. Parkinson Disease
291
1.42
18. Kidney Disease
290
1.41
19. Leukemia
282
1.37
20. Other Injuries
279
1.36
21. Inflammatory/Heart
264
1.29
22. Hypertension
253
1.23
23. Liver Disease
237
1.16
24. Ovary Cancer
194
0.95
25. Bladder Cancer
169
0.82

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Other Neoplasms
160
0.78
27. Oesophagus Cancer
160
0.78
28. Liver Cancer
152
0.74
29. Poisonings
141
0.69
30. Congenital Anomalies
121
0.59
31. Uterin Cancer
99
0.48
32. Stomach Cancer
97
0.47
33. Skin Cancers
93
0.45
34. Oral Cancer
89
0.43
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
60
0.29
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
59
0.29
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
55
0.27
38. Alcohol
55
0.27
39. Violence
51
0.25
40. Asthma
42
0.20
41. Skin Disease
41
0.20
42. Cervical Cancer
38
0.19
43. Multiple Sclerosis
35
0.17
44. Hepatitis C
35
0.17
45. Low Birth Weight
33
0.16
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
28
0.14
47. Drownings
28
0.14
48. Malnutrition
27
0.13
49. Epilepsy
27
0.13
50. Fires
25
0.12
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
66.7
28
2. Breast Cancer
122.8
18
3. Stomach Cancer
5.4
36
4. Bladder Cancer
22.0
19
5. Lymphomas
22.4
1
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
49.8
12
7. Leukaemia
12.9
16
8. Cervical Cancer
6.1
42
9. Prostate Cancer
138.5
43
10. Oral Cancer
10.5
24
11. Ovary Cancer
13.7
4
12. Liver Cancer
4.0
45
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.5
44
14. Uterin Cancer
29.4
8
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.6
13
16. Skin Cancers
19.1
23
17. Brain Cancer
7.6
6

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
49.5
33
2. Breast Cancer
22.6
32
3. Stomach Cancer
2.4
51
4. Bladder Cancer
4.0
41
5. Lymphomas
7.3
10
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.4
17
7. Leukaemia
7.5
17
8. Cervical Cancer
2.2
29
9. Prostate Cancer
25.3
20
10. Oral Cancer
2.5
25
11. Ovary Cancer
8.7
24
12. Liver Cancer
4.0
47
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.3
39
14. Uterin Cancer
5.0
6
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.2
11
16. Skin Cancers
2.6
36
17. Brain Cancer
5.4
3
   
   

IOWA 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
     
IOWA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
177.93
33
2. Heart Disease
175.32
30
3. Chronic Lung Disease
44.73
23
4. Stroke
42.26
28
5. Accidents
37.37
37
6. Alzheimer's
27.98
12
7. Diabetes
20.57
38
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.08
17
9. Suicide
10.66
39
10. Parkinson's Disease
7.48
12
11. Liver Disease
7.18
43
12. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
6.86
49
13. Blood Poisoning
6.85
41
14. Hypertension/Renal
6.19
31
15. Homicide
1.78
50
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
18.4
8
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
18.7
23
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
48.4
34
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
27.6
22