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HEALTH PROFILE MAINE

 

A comprehensive summary of Maine'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.

 

MAINE TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
MAINE MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
235.15
15
2. Heart Disease
228.22
27
3. Accidents
59.68
20
4. Chronic Lung Disease
50.99
25
5. Stroke
37.98
35
6. Diabetes
27.41
24
7. Suicide
23.39
17
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
21.10
19
9. Alzheimer's
20.88
20
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.24
43
11. Parkinson's Disease
13.66
2
12. Liver Disease
11.77
28
13. Blood Poisoning
8.76
36
14. Hypertension/Renal
4.02
47
15. Homicide
2.58
47
     
MAINE FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
164.23
8
2. Heart Disease
131.28
35
3. Stroke
40.90
29
4. Chronic Lung Disease
40.83
20
5. Alzheimer's
31.69
11
6. Accidents
25.35
33
7. Diabetes
17.45
37
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
13.56
22
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.47
32
10. Liver Disease
7.47
11
11. Blood Poisoning
7.28
33
12. Suicide
4.90
28
13. Hypertension/Renal
4.55
47
14. Parkinson's Disease
3.77
44
15. Homicide
1.51
42
   
   

MAINE TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,765
19.74
2. Lung Cancers
913
10.21
3. Lung Disease
717
8.02
4. Stroke
664
7.43
5. Alzheimers
470
5.26
6. Diabetes Mellitus
355
3.97
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
314
3.51
8. Kidney Disease
274
3.06
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
239
2.67
10. Endocrine Disorders
199
2.23
11. Suicide
191
2.14
12. Breast Cancer
188
2.10
13. Road Traffic Accidents
185
2.07
14. Other Injuries
172
1.92
15. Pancreas Cancer
171
1.91
16. Lymphomas
166
1.86
17. Inflammatory/Heart
166
1.86
18. Liver Disease
156
1.74
19. Prostate Cancer
138
1.54
20. Poisonings
136
1.52
21. Parkinson Disease
120
1.34
22. Leukemia
113
1.26
23. Bladder Cancer
109
1.22
24. Oesophagus Cancer
96
1.07
25. Falls
87
0.97

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Other Neoplasms
81
0.91
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
80
0.89
28. Liver Cancer
78
0.87
29. Hypertension
74
0.83
30. Ovary Cancer
67
0.75
31. Stomach Cancer
59
0.66
32. Skin Cancers
56
0.63
33. Congenital Anomalies
44
0.49
34. Alcohol
44
0.49
35. Uterin Cancer
43
0.48
36. Oral Cancer
40
0.45
37. Violence
26
0.29
38. Low Birth Weight
24
0.27
39. Hepatitis C
22
0.25
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
21
0.23
41. Skin Disease
20
0.22
42. Cervical Cancer
19
0.21
43. Malnutrition
17
0.19
44. Drownings
16
0.18
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
15
0.17
46. Multiple Sclerosis
15
0.17
47. HIV/AIDS
13
0.15
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
12
0.13
49. Anaemia
11
0.12
50. Birth Trauma
9
0.10
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
80.1
6
2. Breast Cancer
128.3
10
3. Stomach Cancer
5.0
43
4. Bladder Cancer
30.3
2
5. Lymphomas
21.1
5
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
50.3
10
7. Leukaemia
16.0
1
8. Cervical Cancer
6.4
40
9. Prostate Cancer
171.1
10
10. Oral Cancer
12.3
8
11. Ovary Cancer
11.0
42
12. Liver Cancer
4.7
33
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.6
22
14. Uterin Cancer
35.7
1
15. Oesophagus Cancer
6.6
5
16. Skin Cancers
21.3
15
17. Brain Cancer
6.4
34

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
61.5
10
2. Breast Cancer
21.4
39
3. Stomach Cancer
2.9
41
4. Bladder Cancer
6.1
1
5. Lymphomas
6.3
43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.1
29
7. Leukaemia
6.6
46
8. Cervical Cancer
N/A
N/A
9. Prostate Cancer
23.9
31
10. Oral Cancer
2.4
31
11. Ovary Cancer
8.1
39
12. Liver Cancer
4.8
32
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.7
35
14. Uterin Cancer
4.3
22
15. Oesophagus Cancer
6.2
4
16. Skin Cancers
3.3
7
17. Brain Cancer
4.4
27
   
   

MAINE 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
     
MAINE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
191.92
13
2. Heart Disease
173.05
32
3. Chronic Lung Disease
44.80
22
4. Accidents
41.62
25
5. Stroke
40.29
30
6. Alzheimer's
27.92
13
7. Diabetes
21.95
33
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
16.52
20
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.09
39
10. Suicide
13.69
18
11. Liver Disease
9.57
19
12. Blood Poisoning
7.87
35
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.49
11
14. Hypertension/Renal
4.41
49
15. Homicide
2.05
47
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
15.1
29
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
18.1
29
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
56.0
7
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
25.8
30