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HEALTH PROFILE NEBRASKA

 

A comprehensive summary of Nebraska'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.

 

NEBRASKA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
NEBRASKA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
217.21
29
2. Heart Disease
209.42
39
3. Chronic Lung Disease
59.02
14
4. Accidents
47.82
43
5. Stroke
41.58
28
6. Diabetes
25.06
35
7. Alzheimer's
18.38
32
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.75
33
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
16.42
32
10. Suicide
16.04
41
11. Parkinson's Disease
10.64
18
12. Liver Disease
9.14
45
13. Blood Poisoning
8.06
39
14. Hypertension/Renal
8.04
12
15. Homicide
5.47
32
     
NEBRASKA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
149.99
35
2. Heart Disease
130.25
39
3. Stroke
42.58
21
4. Chronic Lung Disease
38.01
25
5. Alzheimer's
25.38
32
6. Accidents
25.12
34
7. Diabetes
22.43
14
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.02
35
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
10.31
33
10. Hypertension/Renal
8.30
10
11. Blood Poisoning
6.04
41
12. Parkinson's Disease
5.91
2
13. Suicide
4.62
32
14. Liver Disease
3.67
50
15. Homicide
2.81
21
   
   

NEBRASKA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,966
19.01
2. Lung Cancers
939
9.08
3. Stroke
921
8.91
4. Lung Disease
882
8.53
5. Alzheimers
512
4.95
6. Diabetes Mellitus
472
4.56
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
369
3.57
8. Influenza & Pneumonia
334
3.23
9. Kidney Disease
276
2.67
10. Road Traffic Accidents
267
2.58
11. Lymphomas
241
2.33
12. Breast Cancer
234
2.26
13. Pancreas Cancer
208
2.01
14. Endocrine Disorders
208
2.01
15. Prostate Cancer
197
1.90
16. Hypertension
186
1.80
17. Suicide
181
1.75
18. Other Injuries
167
1.61
19. Inflammatory/Heart
164
1.59
20. Parkinson Disease
163
1.58
21. Falls
163
1.58
22. Leukemia
133
1.29
23. Liver Disease
116
1.12
24. Bladder Cancer
84
0.81
25. Ovary Cancer
80
0.77

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Other Neoplasms
80
0.77
27. Oesophagus Cancer
78
0.75
28. Liver Cancer
74
0.72
29. Violence
71
0.69
30. Poisonings
68
0.66
31. Congenital Anomalies
64
0.62
32. Uterin Cancer
59
0.57
33. Skin Cancers
56
0.54
34. Stomach Cancer
53
0.51
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
39
0.38
36. Oral Cancer
36
0.35
37. Multiple Sclerosis
33
0.32
38. Low Birth Weight
31
0.30
39. Anaemia
29
0.28
40. HIV/AIDS
28
0.27
41. Asthma
27
0.26
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
24
0.23
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
23
0.22
44. Hepatitis C
21
0.20
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
20
0.19
46. Malnutrition
19
0.18
47. Alcohol
18
0.17
48. Skin Disease
17
0.16
49. Fires
16
0.15
50. Cervical Cancer
15
0.15
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
61.3
38
2. Breast Cancer
126.4
12
3. Stomach Cancer
5.6
32
4. Bladder Cancer
20.0
26
5. Lymphomas
20.4
14
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
54.8
2
7. Leukaemia
14.9
6
8. Cervical Cancer
5.7
47
9. Prostate Cancer
156.7
24
10. Oral Cancer
10.7
20
11. Ovary Cancer
11.9
34
12. Liver Cancer
3.9
47
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.6
22
14. Uterin Cancer
22.4
30
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
44
16. Skin Cancers
17.0
35
17. Brain Cancer
7.3
12

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
47.9
38
2. Breast Cancer
19.9
49
3. Stomach Cancer
2.5
49
4. Bladder Cancer
4.2
32
5. Lymphomas
7.3
10
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.2
8
7. Leukaemia
7.4
22
8. Cervical Cancer
1.6
39
9. Prostate Cancer
23.5
34
10. Oral Cancer
2.2
42
11. Ovary Cancer
8.7
24
12. Liver Cancer
4.3
44
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.5
14
14. Uterin Cancer
5.0
6
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.5
26
16. Skin Cancers
3.1
11
17. Brain Cancer
5.7
1
   
   

NEBRASKA 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
     
NEBRASKA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
177.35
35
2. Heart Disease
165.15
36
3. Chronic Lung Disease
45.77
20
4. Stroke
43.06
23
5. Accidents
35.78
40
6. Diabetes
23.35
25
7. Alzheimer's
22.83
31
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.09
33
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
12.62
32
10. Suicide
10.23
41
11. Hypertension/Renal
8.41
10
12. Parkinson's Disease
7.80
7
13. Blood Poisoning
6.87
40
14. Liver Disease
6.32
49
15. Homicide
4.16
32
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
17.9
11
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
18.3
27
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
52.0
18
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
27.3
23