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HEALTH PROFILE TENNESSEE

 

A comprehensive summary of Tennessee'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.

 

TENNESSEE TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
TENNESSEE MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
271.11
10
2. Cancer
257.37
4
3. Accidents
71.84
12
4. Chronic Lung Disease
60.01
12
5. Stroke
52.62
6
6. Diabetes
30.14
13
7. Alzheimer's
29.34
3
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.52
2
9. Suicide
21.51
21
10. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
15.28
35
11. Liver Disease
13.05
17
12. Homicide
12.80
8
13. Blood Poisoning
12.32
24
14. Parkinson's Disease
8.75
39
15. Hypertension/Renal
8.34
10
     
TENNESSEE FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
179.09
9
2. Cancer
159.97
14
3. Stroke
53.57
2
4. Chronic Lung Disease
42.49
10
5. Alzheimer's
38.92
3
6. Accidents
34.36
11
7. Diabetes
22.95
11
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.99
1
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
11.52
25
10. Blood Poisoning
9.67
25
11. Hypertension/Renal
7.89
13
12. Suicide
6.13
12
13. Liver Disease
5.64
26
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.53
27
15. Homicide
2.89
18
   
   

TENNESSEE TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,312
23.84
2. Lung Cancers
4,346
10.05
3. Stroke
3,450
7.98
4. Lung Disease
3,064
7.08
5. Alzheimers
2,276
5.26
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,700
3.93
7. Influenza & Pneumonia
1,445
3.34
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,280
2.96
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,244
2.88
10. Breast Cancer
887
2.05
11. Kidney Disease
864
2.00
12. Suicide
844
1.95
13. Endocrine Disorders
802
1.85
14. Poisonings
798
1.84
15. Lymphomas
786
1.82
16. Pancreas Cancer
701
1.62
17. Other Injuries
649
1.50
18. Prostate Cancer
635
1.47
19. Liver Disease
627
1.45
20. Inflammatory/Heart
536
1.24
21. Hypertension
528
1.22
22. Leukemia
496
1.15
23. Violence
474
1.10
24. Falls
418
0.97
25. Parkinson Disease
387
0.89

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Liver Cancer
347
0.80
27. Ovary Cancer
277
0.64
28. Bladder Cancer
272
0.63
29. Oesophagus Cancer
267
0.62
30. Other Neoplasms
265
0.61
31. Skin Cancers
260
0.60
32. HIV/AIDS
252
0.58
33. Congenital Anomalies
240
0.55
34. Stomach Cancer
231
0.53
35. Oral Cancer
206
0.48
36. Low Birth Weight
172
0.40
37. Hepatitis C
169
0.39
38. Alcohol
143
0.33
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
136
0.31
40. Uterin Cancer
132
0.31
41. Fires
113
0.26
42. Cervical Cancer
98
0.23
43. Skin Disease
82
0.19
44. Malnutrition
81
0.19
45. Asthma
81
0.19
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
80
0.18
47. Drownings
78
0.18
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
75
0.17
49. Multiple Sclerosis
73
0.17
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
64
0.15
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
82.2
4
2. Breast Cancer
117.2
35
3. Stomach Cancer
6.0
24
4. Bladder Cancer
19.2
34
5. Lymphomas
19.4
19
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
48.9
17
7. Leukaemia
11.5
28
8. Cervical Cancer
8.7
14
9. Prostate Cancer
141.2
40
10. Oral Cancer
11.1
14
11. Ovary Cancer
12.3
28
12. Liver Cancer
4.9
31
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.7
40
14. Uterin Cancer
19.7
40
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
44
16. Skin Cancers
19.8
21
17. Brain Cancer
6.7
26

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
67.9
3
2. Breast Cancer
24.6
15
3. Stomach Cancer
3.5
26
4. Bladder Cancer
4.1
39
5. Lymphomas
7.3
10
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.7
21
7. Leukaemia
7.3
28
8. Cervical Cancer
2.3
23
9. Prostate Cancer
26.5
12
10. Oral Cancer
3.1
5
11. Ovary Cancer
8.6
28
12. Liver Cancer
4.9
28
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.4
37
14. Uterin Cancer
4.2
25
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.1
43
16. Skin Cancers
3.0
18
17. Brain Cancer
4.4
27
   
   

TENNESSEE 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
     
TENNESSEE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
220.32
11
2. Cancer
200.10
4
3. Stroke
53.87
4
4. Accidents
52.10
12
5. Chronic Lung Disease
49.18
9
6. Alzheimer's
35.83
3
7. Diabetes
26.21
12
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.48
1
9. Suicide
13.35
22
10. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
12.95
30
11. Blood Poisoning
10.74
25
12. Liver Disease
9.18
22
13. Hypertension/Renal
8.21
12
14. Homicide
7.83
11
15. Parkinson's Disease
6.18
34
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
6.7
52
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
23.1
6
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
38.8
51
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
31.6
3