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HEALTH PROFILE KENTUCKY

 

A comprehensive summary of Kentucky'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.

 

KENTUCKY TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
KENTUCKY MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
274.32
8
2. Cancer
266.70
2
3. Accidents
77.46
6
4. Chronic Lung Disease
72.23
2
5. Stroke
45.92
16
6. Diabetes
29.57
15
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
26.71
3
8. Suicide
25.31
11
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
23.78
8
10. Alzheimer's
21.87
13
11. Blood Poisoning
16.75
14
12. Liver Disease
12.27
26
13. Parkinson's Disease
8.33
41
14. Homicide
7.59
28
15. Hypertension/Renal
6.38
28
     
KENTUCKY FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
178.31
11
2. Cancer
177.04
1
3. Chronic Lung Disease
50.79
4
4. Stroke
48.27
9
5. Accidents
34.70
8
6. Alzheimer's
29.75
18
7. Diabetes
20.01
27
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.56
5
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.89
4
10. Blood Poisoning
14.35
11
11. Hypertension/Renal
6.69
24
12. Suicide
5.67
15
13. Liver Disease
4.96
37
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.39
31
15. Homicide
2.45
26
   
   

KENTUCKY TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,229
21.38
2. Lung Cancers
3,401
11.67
3. Lung Disease
2,577
8.85
4. Stroke
2,144
7.36
5. Alzheimers
1,198
4.11
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,091
3.74
7. Kidney Disease
1,013
3.48
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
949
3.26
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
903
3.10
10. Road Traffic Accidents
810
2.78
11. Suicide
649
2.23
12. Poisonings
640
2.20
13. Breast Cancer
628
2.16
14. Other Injuries
546
1.87
15. Lymphomas
502
1.72
16. Pancreas Cancer
501
1.72
17. Endocrine Disorders
484
1.66
18. Prostate Cancer
399
1.37
19. Inflammatory/Heart
398
1.37
20. Liver Disease
387
1.33
21. Leukemia
318
1.09
22. Hypertension
294
1.01
23. Falls
283
0.97
24. Parkinson Disease
255
0.88
25. Liver Cancer
221
0.76

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
216
0.74
27. Oesophagus Cancer
215
0.74
28. Violence
213
0.73
29. Other Neoplasms
212
0.73
30. Skin Cancers
208
0.71
31. Bladder Cancer
188
0.65
32. Congenital Anomalies
177
0.61
33. Stomach Cancer
151
0.52
34. Oral Cancer
116
0.40
35. Uterin Cancer
95
0.33
36. Alcohol
90
0.31
37. Hepatitis C
79
0.27
38. Fires
79
0.27
39. Cervical Cancer
75
0.26
40. Malnutrition
57
0.20
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
56
0.19
42. HIV/AIDS
55
0.19
43. Drownings
55
0.19
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
52
0.18
45. Low Birth Weight
51
0.18
46. Skin Disease
47
0.16
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
43
0.15
48. Anaemia
43
0.15
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
42
0.14
50. Asthma
37
0.13
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
97.6
1
2. Breast Cancer
120.4
23
3. Stomach Cancer
5.5
34
4. Bladder Cancer
21.3
21
5. Lymphomas
19.7
17
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
54.8
2
7. Leukaemia
11.7
26
8. Cervical Cancer
9.0
9
9. Prostate Cancer
146.0
37
10. Oral Cancer
12.6
5
11. Ovary Cancer
11.3
41
12. Liver Cancer
4.9
31
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.6
22
14. Uterin Cancer
24.9
20
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.2
21
16. Skin Cancers
23.9
6
17. Brain Cancer
7.9
3

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
74.8
1
2. Breast Cancer
23.8
21
3. Stomach Cancer
3.2
35
4. Bladder Cancer
4.8
14
5. Lymphomas
7.4
6
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.6
5
7. Leukaemia
7.0
33
8. Cervical Cancer
2.2
29
9. Prostate Cancer
25.8
16
10. Oral Cancer
3.0
7
11. Ovary Cancer
8.7
24
12. Liver Cancer
4.8
32
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.0
28
14. Uterin Cancer
3.9
37
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.2
39
16. Skin Cancers
2.8
27
17. Brain Cancer
4.9
8
   
   

KENTUCKY 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
     
KENTUCKY
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
220.71
10
2. Cancer
213.42
1
3. Chronic Lung Disease
59.01
2
4. Accidents
55.18
9
5. Stroke
47.99
13
6. Alzheimer's
27.07
18
7. Diabetes
24.11
20
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
22.31
3
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.07
5
10. Blood Poisoning
15.30
11
11. Suicide
15.08
12
12. Liver Disease
8.48
27
13. Hypertension/Renal
6.57
26
14. Parkinson's Disease
5.84
43
15. Homicide
5.00
27
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
12.3
45
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
25.2
3
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
44.2
47
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
30.5
7