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HEALTH PROFILE MISSOURI

 

A comprehensive summary of Missouri'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.

 

MISSOURI TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
MISSOURI MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
266.58
12
2. Cancer
236.76
13
3. Accidents
65.19
15
4. Chronic Lung Disease
58.08
16
5. Stroke
48.50
13
6. Diabetes
26.82
27
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
23.19
12
8. Suicide
22.45
20
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
21.74
18
10. Alzheimer's
19.54
28
11. Blood Poisoning
12.56
23
12. Homicide
10.38
17
13. Parkinson's Disease
9.13
34
14. Liver Disease
9.06
47
15. Hypertension/Renal
5.50
41
     
MISSOURI FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
172.96
12
2. Cancer
159.71
16
3. Stroke
47.26
12
4. Chronic Lung Disease
40.52
21
5. Accidents
33.13
14
6. Alzheimer's
26.58
26
7. Diabetes
18.51
34
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.37
17
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
15.24
16
10. Blood Poisoning
9.27
27
11. Hypertension/Renal
6.04
35
12. Suicide
5.40
21
13. Parkinson's Disease
4.68
21
14. Liver Disease
4.55
44
15. Homicide
2.82
20
   
   

MISSOURI TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,736
24.14
2. Lung Cancers
3,864
9.58
3. Stroke
3,229
8.01
4. Lung Disease
2,993
7.42
5. Alzheimers
1,681
4.17
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,444
3.58
7. Influenza & Pneumonia
1,292
3.20
8. Kidney Disease
1,203
2.98
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
2.89
10. Road Traffic Accidents
1,029
2.55
11. Breast Cancer
884
2.19
12. Suicide
808
2.00
13. Pancreas Cancer
751
1.86
14. Lymphomas
719
1.78
15. Endocrine Disorders
691
1.71
16. Inflammatory/Heart
683
1.69
17. Falls
679
1.68
18. Poisonings
609
1.51
19. Prostate Cancer
556
1.38
20. Other Injuries
541
1.34
21. Leukemia
515
1.28
22. Liver Disease
433
1.07
23. Parkinson Disease
418
1.04
24. Hypertension
404
1.00
25. Violence
382
0.95

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Liver Cancer
335
0.83
27. Other Neoplasms
309
0.77
28. Bladder Cancer
296
0.73
29. Oesophagus Cancer
279
0.69
30. Ovary Cancer
264
0.65
31. Skin Cancers
264
0.65
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
226
0.56
33. Congenital Anomalies
212
0.53
34. Stomach Cancer
195
0.48
35. Low Birth Weight
166
0.41
36. Uterin Cancer
153
0.38
37. Hepatitis C
149
0.37
38. Oral Cancer
147
0.36
39. HIV/AIDS
128
0.32
40. Alcohol
122
0.30
41. Fires
99
0.25
42. Cervical Cancer
89
0.22
43. Skin Disease
83
0.21
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.19
45. Drownings
78
0.19
46. Asthma
71
0.18
47. Multiple Sclerosis
70
0.17
48. Malnutrition
63
0.16
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.14
50. Anaemia
55
0.14
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
77.9
8
2. Breast Cancer
117.9
31
3. Stomach Cancer
5.5
34
4. Bladder Cancer
18.3
39
5. Lymphomas
17.4
35
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
49.7
14
7. Leukaemia
11.8
24
8. Cervical Cancer
7.9
25
9. Prostate Cancer
127.1
49
10. Oral Cancer
9.9
35
11. Ovary Cancer
11.4
40
12. Liver Cancer
5.8
21
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.0
13
14. Uterin Cancer
24.6
21
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.2
21
16. Skin Cancers
16.6
37
17. Brain Cancer
7.2
14

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
62.3
7
2. Breast Cancer
25.3
8
3. Stomach Cancer
3.2
35
4. Bladder Cancer
4.2
32
5. Lymphomas
6.5
32
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.8
20
7. Leukaemia
8.6
3
8. Cervical Cancer
2.9
7
9. Prostate Cancer
23.7
32
10. Oral Cancer
2.3
37
11. Ovary Cancer
8.7
24
12. Liver Cancer
5.2
21
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.3
21
14. Uterin Cancer
4.1
29
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
32
16. Skin Cancers
3.4
5
17. Brain Cancer
4.7
16
   
   

MISSOURI 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
     
MISSOURI
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
213.98
12
2. Cancer
191.29
14
3. Accidents
48.37
15
4. Stroke
48.11
12
5. Chronic Lung Disease
47.27
15
6. Alzheimer's
24.29
26
7. Diabetes
22.27
31
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.86
12
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.80
15
10. Suicide
13.50
20
11. Blood Poisoning
10.54
26
12. Liver Disease
6.70
47
13. Homicide
6.61
19
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.35
29
15. Hypertension/Renal
5.98
36
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
17.2
16
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
24.9
4
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
48.8
31
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
29.3
12