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HEALTH PROFILE PENNSYLVANIA

 

A comprehensive summary of Pennsylvania'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.

 

PENNSYLVANIA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
PENNSYLVANIA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
254.30
16
2. Cancer
231.54
17
3. Accidents
58.51
22
4. Chronic Lung Disease
46.09
34
5. Stroke
44.26
22
6. Diabetes
26.94
26
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
21.77
17
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.39
24
9. Suicide
19.21
28
10. Blood Poisoning
18.12
10
11. Alzheimer's
15.01
41
12. Parkinson's Disease
10.67
17
13. Liver Disease
10.27
39
14. Homicide
10.17
19
15. Hypertension/Renal
6.27
30
     
PENNSYLVANIA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
159.32
18
2. Heart Disease
158.78
18
3. Stroke
41.49
23
4. Chronic Lung Disease
33.08
39
5. Accidents
25.01
36
6. Alzheimer's
22.22
39
7. Diabetes
18.22
36
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
15.97
13
9. Blood Poisoning
14.05
13
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.79
37
11. Hypertension/Renal
5.58
42
12. Liver Disease
4.92
39
13. Parkinson's Disease
4.85
17
14. Suicide
3.77
43
15. Homicide
2.43
28
   
   

PENNSYLVANIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,294
23.93
2. Lung Cancers
7,947
8.93
3. Stroke
7,152
8.04
4. Lung Disease
5,873
6.60
5. Alzheimers
3,505
3.94
6. Diabetes Mellitus
3,442
3.87
7. Kidney Disease
3,005
3.38
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,866
3.22
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
2,570
2.89
10. Breast Cancer
2,091
2.35
11. Inflammatory/Heart
1,949
2.19
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,812
2.04
13. Lymphomas
1,732
1.95
14. Road Traffic Accidents
1,580
1.78
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,573
1.77
16. Poisonings
1,566
1.76
17. Prostate Cancer
1,465
1.65
18. Suicide
1,440
1.62
19. Falls
1,166
1.31
20. Parkinson Disease
1,162
1.31
21. Other Injuries
1,160
1.30
22. Leukemia
1,147
1.29
23. Liver Disease
1,082
1.22
24. Hypertension
996
1.12
25. Other Neoplasms
807
0.91

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
804
0.90
27. Liver Cancer
797
0.90
28. Bladder Cancer
784
0.88
29. Oesophagus Cancer
776
0.87
30. Violence
750
0.84
31. Skin Cancers
557
0.63
32. Stomach Cancer
547
0.61
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
484
0.54
34. Uterin Cancer
455
0.51
35. Congenital Anomalies
388
0.44
36. HIV/AIDS
378
0.42
37. Oral Cancer
344
0.39
38. Low Birth Weight
277
0.31
39. Hepatitis C
225
0.25
40. Anaemia
200
0.22
41. Multiple Sclerosis
197
0.22
42. Skin Disease
192
0.22
43. Fires
181
0.20
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
168
0.19
45. Cervical Cancer
157
0.18
46. Asthma
147
0.17
47. Malnutrition
133
0.15
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
133
0.15
49. Alcohol
121
0.14
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
100
0.11
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
70.0
21
2. Breast Cancer
124.0
17
3. Stomach Cancer
7.0
12
4. Bladder Cancer
25.0
8
5. Lymphomas
21.0
7
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
53.0
5
7. Leukaemia
12.9
16
8. Cervical Cancer
7.8
26
9. Prostate Cancer
164.7
16
10. Oral Cancer
10.5
24
11. Ovary Cancer
12.5
18
12. Liver Cancer
6.0
19
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.6
6
14. Uterin Cancer
29.6
7
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.5
14
16. Skin Cancers
17.8
29
17. Brain Cancer
7.4
10

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
52.9
23
2. Breast Cancer
24.8
14
3. Stomach Cancer
3.5
26
4. Bladder Cancer
4.9
11
5. Lymphomas
7.2
12
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.7
13
7. Leukaemia
7.6
15
8. Cervical Cancer
2.6
15
9. Prostate Cancer
24.1
28
10. Oral Cancer
2.2
42
11. Ovary Cancer
9.3
10
12. Liver Cancer
4.7
36
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.9
8
14. Uterin Cancer
4.9
10
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.2
11
16. Skin Cancers
2.8
27
17. Brain Cancer
4.1
37
   
   

PENNSYLVANIA 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
     
PENNSYLVANIA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
199.22
20
2. Cancer
188.14
17
3. Stroke
42.88
24
4. Accidents
40.95
30
5. Chronic Lung Disease
38.07
36
6. Diabetes
21.96
32
7. Alzheimer's
19.76
42
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
18.18
13
9. Blood Poisoning
15.63
10
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.23
31
11. Suicide
11.18
32
12. Liver Disease
7.37
40
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.00
18
14. Homicide
6.33
20
15. Hypertension/Renal
5.97
37
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
16.5
20
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
21.3
13
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
50.4
22
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
28.1
19