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HEALTH PROFILE NORTH CAROLINA

 

A comprehensive summary of North Carolina'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.

 

NORTH CAROLINA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
NORTH CAROLINA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
242.38
23
2. Cancer
238.60
12
3. Accidents
67.01
13
4. Chronic Lung Disease
56.41
18
5. Stroke
50.92
8
6. Diabetes
27.05
25
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
22.71
13
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.61
18
9. Alzheimer's
21.10
17
10. Suicide
18.74
30
11. Blood Poisoning
14.45
18
12. Liver Disease
13.16
16
13. Homicide
11.85
13
14. Parkinson's Disease
9.76
26
15. Hypertension/Renal
6.78
23
     
NORTH CAROLINA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
155.92
22
2. Heart Disease
152.12
24
3. Stroke
48.95
7
4. Chronic Lung Disease
41.66
16
5. Accidents
31.31
20
6. Alzheimer's
31.14
13
7. Diabetes
20.36
26
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
16.57
10
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.38
15
10. Blood Poisoning
12.45
18
11. Hypertension/Renal
7.69
15
12. Liver Disease
5.87
25
13. Suicide
5.43
20
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.08
39
15. Homicide
3.11
16
   
   

NORTH CAROLINA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
11,231
20.40
2. Lung Cancers
5,351
9.72
3. Stroke
4,530
8.23
4. Lung Disease
4,072
7.40
5. Alzheimers
2,459
4.47
6. Diabetes Mellitus
2,156
3.92
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,780
3.23
8. Kidney Disease
1,762
3.20
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
1,655
3.01
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,607
2.92
11. Breast Cancer
1,301
2.36
12. Endocrine Disorders
1,155
2.10
13. Inflammatory/Heart
1,105
2.01
14. Suicide
1,077
1.96
15. Pancreas Cancer
1,033
1.88
16. Lymphomas
1,008
1.83
17. Other Injuries
946
1.72
18. Poisonings
914
1.66
19. Liver Disease
886
1.61
20. Prostate Cancer
876
1.59
21. Hypertension
680
1.24
22. Violence
672
1.22
23. Leukemia
640
1.16
24. Falls
627
1.14
25. Parkinson Disease
542
0.98

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Liver Cancer
451
0.82
27. Ovary Cancer
397
0.72
28. Other Neoplasms
396
0.72
29. HIV/AIDS
384
0.70
30. Bladder Cancer
379
0.69
31. Skin Cancers
350
0.64
32. Oesophagus Cancer
348
0.63
33. Congenital Anomalies
344
0.62
34. Stomach Cancer
319
0.58
35. Low Birth Weight
265
0.48
36. Uterin Cancer
236
0.43
37. Oral Cancer
230
0.42
38. Alcohol
174
0.32
39. Hepatitis C
165
0.30
40. Fires
144
0.26
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
144
0.26
42. Asthma
139
0.25
43. Skin Disease
129
0.23
44. Cervical Cancer
120
0.22
45. Anaemia
104
0.19
46. Malnutrition
98
0.18
47. Drownings
98
0.18
48. Multiple Sclerosis
92
0.17
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
86
0.16
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
82
0.15
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
75.3
13
2. Breast Cancer
124.0
17
3. Stomach Cancer
5.8
27
4. Bladder Cancer
19.4
32
5. Lymphomas
17.3
38
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
46.4
30
7. Leukaemia
11.0
34
8. Cervical Cancer
8.0
24
9. Prostate Cancer
152.3
30
10. Oral Cancer
10.4
29
11. Ovary Cancer
12.5
18
12. Liver Cancer
4.9
31
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.8
15
14. Uterin Cancer
21.7
34
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.5
40
16. Skin Cancers
18.5
25
17. Brain Cancer
6.4
34

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
59.8
12
2. Breast Cancer
24.2
17
3. Stomach Cancer
3.3
33
4. Bladder Cancer
4.1
39
5. Lymphomas
6.7
26
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.7
35
7. Leukaemia
7.4
22
8. Cervical Cancer
2.2
29
9. Prostate Cancer
28.0
7
10. Oral Cancer
2.4
31
11. Ovary Cancer
8.1
39
12. Liver Cancer
4.9
28
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.3
21
14. Uterin Cancer
4.3
22
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
32
16. Skin Cancers
3.2
9
17. Brain Cancer
4.1
37
   
   

NORTH CAROLINA 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
     
NORTH CAROLINA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
191.18
25
2. Cancer
189.11
15
3. Stroke
50.31
7
4. Accidents
48.35
16
5. Chronic Lung Disease
47.12
16
6. Alzheimer's
27.77
15
7. Diabetes
23.45
22
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.03
12
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.36
14
10. Blood Poisoning
13.32
18
11. Suicide
11.72
29
12. Liver Disease
9.25
21
13. Hypertension/Renal
7.49
17
14. Homicide
7.47
13
15. Parkinson's Disease
6.23
31
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
12.8
42
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
20.9
14
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
40.0
49
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
29.4
11