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HEALTH PROFILE SOUTH CAROLINA

 

A comprehensive summary of South 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.

 

SOUTH CAROLINA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
SOUTH CAROLINA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
243.85
22
2. Cancer
235.37
14
3. Accidents
75.99
9
4. Chronic Lung Disease
54.36
20
5. Stroke
53.99
4
6. Diabetes
28.69
20
7. Alzheimer's
21.73
14
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.93
20
9. Suicide
18.57
31
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.40
30
11. Blood Poisoning
16.84
13
12. Liver Disease
14.96
10
13. Homicide
13.61
6
14. Hypertension/Renal
9.40
6
15. Parkinson's Disease
8.92
36
     
SOUTH CAROLINA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
152.63
30
2. Heart Disease
152.18
23
3. Stroke
51.16
5
4. Chronic Lung Disease
37.06
28
5. Alzheimer's
35.54
4
6. Accidents
32.03
16
7. Diabetes
24.19
7
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
15.30
14
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.90
30
10. Blood Poisoning
13.89
14
11. Hypertension/Renal
7.97
12
12. Liver Disease
6.61
18
13. Suicide
5.55
18
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.27
33
15. Homicide
3.86
7
   
   

SOUTH CAROLINA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,237
18.74
2. Lung Cancers
2,698
9.66
3. Stroke
2,465
8.82
4. Lung Disease
1,949
6.98
5. Alzheimers
1,396
5.00
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,231
4.41
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,042
3.73
8. Kidney Disease
817
2.92
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
779
2.79
10. Influenza & Pneumonia
727
2.60
11. Breast Cancer
634
2.27
12. Endocrine Disorders
605
2.17
13. Inflammatory/Heart
560
2.00
14. Suicide
529
1.89
15. Pancreas Cancer
529
1.89
16. Other Injuries
515
1.84
17. Liver Disease
507
1.81
18. Lymphomas
489
1.75
19. Poisonings
481
1.72
20. Prostate Cancer
468
1.68
21. Hypertension
406
1.45
22. Violence
382
1.37
23. HIV/AIDS
315
1.13
24. Leukemia
299
1.07
25. Parkinson Disease
276
0.99

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Falls
239
0.86
27. Liver Cancer
233
0.83
28. Ovary Cancer
232
0.83
29. Other Neoplasms
202
0.72
30. Oesophagus Cancer
196
0.70
31. Bladder Cancer
183
0.65
32. Skin Cancers
176
0.63
33. Congenital Anomalies
172
0.62
34. Stomach Cancer
170
0.61
35. Oral Cancer
158
0.57
36. Low Birth Weight
116
0.42
37. Uterin Cancer
114
0.41
38. Hepatitis C
96
0.34
39. Fires
89
0.32
40. Skin Disease
83
0.30
41. Cervical Cancer
73
0.26
42. Asthma
70
0.25
43. Alcohol
69
0.25
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
64
0.23
45. Drownings
58
0.21
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
55
0.20
47. Malnutrition
53
0.19
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
52
0.19
49. Anaemia
49
0.18
50. Birth Trauma
41
0.15
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
70.7
20
2. Breast Cancer
118.4
30
3. Stomach Cancer
6.7
15
4. Bladder Cancer
18.4
38
5. Lymphomas
16.5
43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
45.9
33
7. Leukaemia
11.2
32
8. Cervical Cancer
8.4
18
9. Prostate Cancer
162.5
20
10. Oral Cancer
10.8
17
11. Ovary Cancer
10.2
46
12. Liver Cancer
4.6
35
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.8
15
14. Uterin Cancer
18.9
42
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.6
35
16. Skin Cancers
21.1
16
17. Brain Cancer
6.6
28

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
58.7
15
2. Breast Cancer
24.4
16
3. Stomach Cancer
4.2
15
4. Bladder Cancer
3.9
44
5. Lymphomas
7.0
17
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.1
18
7. Leukaemia
7.4
22
8. Cervical Cancer
2.6
15
9. Prostate Cancer
27.9
8
10. Oral Cancer
2.6
21
11. Ovary Cancer
8.0
42
12. Liver Cancer
5.0
24
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.7
35
14. Uterin Cancer
4.0
31
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.7
22
16. Skin Cancers
2.6
36
17. Brain Cancer
4.4
27
   
   

SOUTH 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
     
SOUTH CAROLINA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
192.77
22
2. Cancer
186.64
19
3. Stroke
53.34
5
4. Accidents
53.04
11
5. Chronic Lung Disease
43.97
26
6. Alzheimer's
30.84
4
7. Diabetes
26.21
11
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.30
18
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.80
29
10. Blood Poisoning
14.96
14
11. Suicide
11.69
30
12. Liver Disease
10.52
13
13. Homicide
8.70
7
14. Hypertension/Renal
8.67
9
15. Parkinson's Disease
6.10
36
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
12.7
43
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
20.0
18
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
46.5
43
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
29.9
9