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HEALTH PROFILE NEVADA

 

A comprehensive summary of Nevada'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.

 

NEVADA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
NEVADA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
251.62
18
2. Cancer
204.88
39
3. Accidents
63.02
18
4. Chronic Lung Disease
46.87
32
5. Stroke
39.30
32
6. Suicide
28.81
5
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
25.09
5
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.05
23
9. Blood Poisoning
19.87
6
10. Diabetes
14.49
51
11. Liver Disease
13.41
13
12. Homicide
11.15
15
13. Alzheimer's
10.05
50
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.63
48
15. Hypertension/Renal
5.75
39
     
NEVADA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
159.40
17
2. Heart Disease
152.08
25
3. Chronic Lung Disease
47.29
6
4. Stroke
36.75
41
5. Accidents
33.53
13
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.04
9
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
16.80
8
8. Blood Poisoning
16.24
7
9. Alzheimer's
13.94
50
10. Diabetes
11.04
51
11. Suicide
8.01
2
12. Liver Disease
6.46
20
13. Hypertension/Renal
5.85
38
14. Homicide
3.42
12
15. Parkinson's Disease
2.90
49
   
   

NEVADA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,426
19.15
2. Lung Cancers
1,292
10.20
3. Lung Disease
1,027
8.11
4. Stroke
850
6.71
5. Suicide
471
3.72
6. Kidney Disease
467
3.69
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
444
3.51
8. Poisonings
417
3.29
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
408
3.22
10. Road Traffic Accidents
392
3.09
11. Diabetes Mellitus
312
2.46
12. Breast Cancer
303
2.39
13. Pancreas Cancer
268
2.12
14. Liver Disease
268
2.12
15. Inflammatory/Heart
252
1.99
16. Alzheimers
248
1.96
17. Prostate Cancer
236
1.86
18. Lymphomas
226
1.78
19. Other Injuries
214
1.69
20. Violence
188
1.48
21. Endocrine Disorders
186
1.47
22. Liver Cancer
164
1.29
23. Falls
164
1.29
24. Hypertension
129
1.02
25. Leukemia
126
0.99

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Oesophagus Cancer
107
0.84
27. Bladder Cancer
105
0.83
28. Skin Cancers
98
0.77
29. Parkinson Disease
97
0.77
30. Alcohol
88
0.69
31. Ovary Cancer
87
0.69
32. HIV/AIDS
80
0.63
33. Other Neoplasms
77
0.61
34. Congenital Anomalies
76
0.60
35. Stomach Cancer
72
0.57
36. Hepatitis C
53
0.42
37. Oral Cancer
50
0.39
38. Uterin Cancer
47
0.37
39. Drownings
38
0.30
40. Multiple Sclerosis
37
0.29
41. Low Birth Weight
34
0.27
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
34
0.27
43. Fires
32
0.25
44. Skin Disease
30
0.24
45. Cervical Cancer
26
0.21
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
21
0.17
47. Anaemia
20
0.16
48. Asthma
20
0.16
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
16
0.13
50. Drug Use
15
0.12
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
73.3
15
2. Breast Cancer
109.5
46
3. Stomach Cancer
7.1
11
4. Bladder Cancer
22.1
17
5. Lymphomas
17.4
35
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
47.5
24
7. Leukaemia
10.8
36
8. Cervical Cancer
9.1
8
9. Prostate Cancer
140.2
41
10. Oral Cancer
10.4
29
11. Ovary Cancer
11.4
40
12. Liver Cancer
7.0
8
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.5
8
14. Uterin Cancer
18.0
47
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.5
40
16. Skin Cancers
13.1
46
17. Brain Cancer
N/A
N/A

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
56.4
16
2. Breast Cancer
20.5
47
3. Stomach Cancer
4.2
15
4. Bladder Cancer
5.4
6
5. Lymphomas
6.5
32
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.8
20
7. Leukaemia
6.4
48
8. Cervical Cancer
3.3
3
9. Prostate Cancer
23.9
31
10. Oral Cancer
1.9
47
11. Ovary Cancer
7.3
48
12. Liver Cancer
6.1
7
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.8
31
14. Uterin Cancer
3.0
44
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.3
34
16. Skin Cancers
2.4
45
17. Brain Cancer
3.8
47
   
   

NEVADA 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
     
NEVADA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
199.93
19
2. Cancer
180.34
25
3. Accidents
48.54
14
4. Chronic Lung Disease
47.43
13
5. Stroke
38.22
39
6. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
20.60
8
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.43
13
8. Suicide
18.39
5
9. Blood Poisoning
17.79
7
10. Diabetes
12.89
51
11. Alzheimer's
12.28
50
12. Liver Disease
9.98
16
13. Homicide
7.45
14
14. Hypertension/Renal
5.86
38
15. Parkinson's Disease
4.57
48
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
17.4
14
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
22.1
10
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
48.9
30
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
25.6
31