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HEALTH PROFILE LOUISIANA

 

A comprehensive summary of Louisiana'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.

 

LOUISIANA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
LOUISIANA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
278.98
6
2. Cancer
249.71
6
3. Accidents
80.08
4
4. Stroke
50.89
9
5. Chronic Lung Disease
44.97
35
6. Diabetes
37.04
2
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
31.53
1
8. Alzheimer's
25.37
6
9. Homicide
23.70
2
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
23.52
9
11. Blood Poisoning
20.53
3
12. Suicide
20.40
26
13. Liver Disease
11.31
30
14. Parkinson's Disease
9.26
33
15. Hypertension/Renal
9.02
8
     
LOUISIANA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
182.82
7
2. Cancer
159.19
19
3. Stroke
47.06
13
4. Chronic Lung Disease
34.62
35
5. Accidents
34.42
10
6. Alzheimer's
33.32
6
7. Diabetes
29.30
3
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
23.15
1
9. Blood Poisoning
18.65
1
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.20
7
11. Hypertension/Renal
8.55
9
12. Parkinson's Disease
5.31
12
13. Homicide
5.31
1
14. Liver Disease
4.77
40
15. Suicide
4.27
36
   
   

LOUISIANA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,606
19.90
2. Lung Cancers
2,630
9.34
3. Stroke
2,146
7.62
4. Lung Disease
1,634
5.80
5. Diabetes Mellitus
1,437
5.10
6. Alzheimers
1,324
4.70
7. Kidney Disease
1,165
4.14
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,022
3.63
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
877
3.11
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
857
3.04
11. Poisonings
672
2.39
12. Violence
627
2.23
13. Breast Cancer
605
2.15
14. Inflammatory/Heart
591
2.10
15. Suicide
522
1.85
16. Pancreas Cancer
511
1.81
17. Other Injuries
484
1.72
18. Lymphomas
462
1.64
19. Endocrine Disorders
429
1.52
20. Prostate Cancer
413
1.47
21. Hypertension
395
1.40
22. Liver Disease
354
1.26
23. HIV/AIDS
344
1.22
24. Liver Cancer
322
1.14
25. Leukemia
315
1.12

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Parkinson Disease
288
1.02
27. Stomach Cancer
224
0.80
28. Ovary Cancer
208
0.74
29. Oesophagus Cancer
198
0.70
30. Other Neoplasms
187
0.66
31. Falls
174
0.62
32. Congenital Anomalies
165
0.59
33. Oral Cancer
153
0.54
34. Bladder Cancer
152
0.54
35. Low Birth Weight
149
0.53
36. Hepatitis C
124
0.44
37. Skin Cancers
111
0.39
38. Uterin Cancer
89
0.32
39. Malnutrition
88
0.31
40. Skin Disease
86
0.31
41. Fires
86
0.31
42. Cervical Cancer
77
0.27
43. Drownings
73
0.26
44. Alcohol
60
0.21
45. Anaemia
58
0.21
46. Drug Use
54
0.19
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.19
48. Asthma
45
0.16
49. Multiple Sclerosis
40
0.14
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
31
0.11
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
75.7
12
2. Breast Cancer
117.2
35
3. Stomach Cancer
8.0
6
4. Bladder Cancer
19.3
33
5. Lymphomas
19.5
18
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
52.6
7
7. Leukaemia
12.3
22
8. Cervical Cancer
8.8
12
9. Prostate Cancer
180.9
4
10. Oral Cancer
12.0
9
11. Ovary Cancer
9.6
48
12. Liver Cancer
6.8
9
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.7
18
14. Uterin Cancer
16.2
50
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.3
18
16. Skin Cancers
12.9
48
17. Brain Cancer
5.6
47

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
61.7
9
2. Breast Cancer
26.5
5
3. Stomach Cancer
4.4
6
4. Bladder Cancer
4.6
19
5. Lymphomas
7.7
2
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.0
3
7. Leukaemia
7.1
31
8. Cervical Cancer
3.5
2
9. Prostate Cancer
29.0
3
10. Oral Cancer
2.8
13
11. Ovary Cancer
8.7
24
12. Liver Cancer
6.3
6
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.9
8
14. Uterin Cancer
4.1
29
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.2
39
16. Skin Cancers
2.2
49
17. Brain Cancer
4.4
27
   
   

LOUISIANA 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
     
LOUISIANA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
225.42
6
2. Cancer
196.33
10
3. Accidents
56.51
7
4. Stroke
49.13
9
5. Chronic Lung Disease
38.86
34
6. Diabetes
32.66
3
7. Alzheimer's
30.70
5
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
26.34
1
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.90
6
10. Blood Poisoning
19.51
1
11. Homicide
14.37
2
12. Suicide
11.99
28
13. Hypertension/Renal
8.92
8
14. Liver Disease
7.83
31
15. Parkinson's Disease
6.82
22
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
14.3
36
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
20.4
16
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
38.6
52
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
31.2
5