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HEALTH PROFILE MISSISSIPPI

 

A comprehensive summary of Mississippi'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.

 

MISSISSIPPI TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
MISSISSIPPI MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
321.97
1
2. Cancer
271.09
1
3. Accidents
87.83
3
4. Chronic Lung Disease
65.24
5
5. Stroke
54.55
3
6. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
28.98
2
7. Alzheimer's
25.09
7
8. Diabetes
24.22
38
9. Suicide
23.74
14
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.93
17
11. Blood Poisoning
20.40
4
12. Homicide
16.49
5
13. Hypertension/Renal
13.63
1
14. Liver Disease
13.19
15
15. Parkinson's Disease
7.62
47
     
MISSISSIPPI FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
219.95
1
2. Cancer
151.40
34
3. Stroke
50.45
6
4. Accidents
38.41
5
5. Chronic Lung Disease
36.06
31
6. Alzheimer's
27.20
22
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
20.00
2
8. Diabetes
19.74
28
9. Blood Poisoning
16.87
3
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.96
18
11. Hypertension/Renal
14.39
1
12. Liver Disease
5.08
34
13. Suicide
4.82
29
14. Homicide
3.52
9
15. Parkinson's Disease
3.37
48
   
   

MISSISSIPPI TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,107
21.23
2. Lung Cancers
1,925
9.95
3. Stroke
1,589
8.22
4. Lung Disease
1,363
7.05
5. Road Traffic Accidents
885
4.58
6. Alzheimers
797
4.12
7. Kidney Disease
707
3.66
8. Diabetes Mellitus
654
3.38
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
611
3.16
10. Influenza & Pneumonia
558
2.89
11. Hypertension
438
2.26
12. Breast Cancer
405
2.09
13. Suicide
396
2.05
14. Other Injuries
369
1.91
15. Inflammatory/Heart
337
1.74
16. Pancreas Cancer
336
1.74
17. Prostate Cancer
333
1.72
18. Endocrine Disorders
297
1.54
19. Lymphomas
295
1.53
20. Violence
286
1.48
21. Poisonings
280
1.45
22. Liver Disease
262
1.35
23. Leukemia
226
1.17
24. Falls
192
0.99
25. Liver Cancer
189
0.98

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. HIV/AIDS
163
0.84
27. Parkinson Disease
144
0.74
28. Ovary Cancer
124
0.64
29. Oesophagus Cancer
119
0.62
30. Congenital Anomalies
119
0.62
31. Stomach Cancer
110
0.57
32. Low Birth Weight
109
0.56
33. Other Neoplasms
103
0.53
34. Skin Cancers
102
0.53
35. Bladder Cancer
97
0.50
36. Oral Cancer
92
0.48
37. Fires
85
0.44
38. Skin Disease
67
0.35
39. Cervical Cancer
67
0.35
40. Uterin Cancer
61
0.32
41. Hepatitis C
44
0.23
42. Drownings
43
0.22
43. Anaemia
38
0.20
44. Alcohol
37
0.19
45. Asthma
35
0.18
46. Malnutrition
30
0.16
47. Birth Trauma
30
0.16
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
27
0.14
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
25
0.13
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
21
0.11
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
77.1
11
2. Breast Cancer
104.1
49
3. Stomach Cancer
7.1
11
4. Bladder Cancer
16.6
47
5. Lymphomas
16.4
46
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
52.7
6
7. Leukaemia
10.1
44
8. Cervical Cancer
10.6
2
9. Prostate Cancer
173.2
7
10. Oral Cancer
12.5
6
11. Ovary Cancer
10.2
46
12. Liver Cancer
5.8
21
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.4
29
14. Uterin Cancer
18.7
44
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.9
27
16. Skin Cancers
14.4
44
17. Brain Cancer
6.7
26

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
67.8
4
2. Breast Cancer
25.4
7
3. Stomach Cancer
4.3
11
4. Bladder Cancer
3.9
44
5. Lymphomas
6.2
45
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.0
3
7. Leukaemia
7.9
12
8. Cervical Cancer
4.7
1
9. Prostate Cancer
32.6
2
10. Oral Cancer
3.3
4
11. Ovary Cancer
8.0
42
12. Liver Cancer
6.5
3
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.7
1
14. Uterin Cancer
3.9
37
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.0
18
16. Skin Cancers
2.4
45
17. Brain Cancer
4.4
27
   
   

MISSISSIPPI 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
     
MISSISSIPPI
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
265.98
1
2. Cancer
199.97
5
3. Accidents
61.71
3
4. Stroke
52.91
6
5. Chronic Lung Disease
47.40
14
6. Alzheimer's
26.49
19
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
23.39
2
8. Diabetes
21.76
36
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.31
16
10. Blood Poisoning
18.26
3
11. Hypertension/Renal
14.49
1
12. Suicide
13.72
17
13. Homicide
9.93
5
14. Liver Disease
8.82
25
15. Parkinson's Disease
4.96
47
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
10.0
49
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
22.7
7
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
39.6
50
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
33.8
1