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HEALTH PROFILE TEXAS

 

A comprehensive summary of Texas'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.

 

TEXAS TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
TEXAS MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
238.11
25
2. Cancer
209.58
35
3. Accidents
57.00
26
4. Chronic Lung Disease
50.38
27
5. Stroke
48.52
12
6. Diabetes
27.99
22
7. Alzheimer's
20.28
26
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.52
22
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.32
25
10. Suicide
17.17
39
11. Liver Disease
16.01
7
12. Blood Poisoning
15.20
16
13. Parkinson's Disease
9.90
22
14. Homicide
9.56
22
15. Hypertension/Renal
7.16
17
     
TEXAS FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
155.49
20
2. Cancer
143.11
43
3. Stroke
48.60
8
4. Chronic Lung Disease
35.15
32
5. Alzheimer's
27.05
23
6. Accidents
26.80
31
7. Diabetes
22.38
15
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
14.29
18
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.95
28
10. Blood Poisoning
13.04
16
11. Hypertension/Renal
7.61
16
12. Liver Disease
7.28
13
13. Parkinson's Disease
4.85
16
14. Suicide
4.26
37
15. Homicide
2.70
23
   
   

TEXAS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
25,337
21.88
2. Stroke
9,796
8.46
3. Lung Cancers
9,627
8.31
4. Lung Disease
7,827
6.76
5. Diabetes Mellitus
5,109
4.41
6. Alzheimers
4,814
4.16
7. Road Traffic Accidents
3,748
3.24
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,394
2.93
9. Kidney Disease
3,365
2.91
10. Influenza & Pneumonia
3,248
2.80
11. Breast Cancer
2,666
2.30
12. Liver Disease
2,528
2.18
13. Suicide
2,433
2.10
14. Endocrine Disorders
2,099
1.81
15. Lymphomas
2,048
1.77
16. Pancreas Cancer
2,001
1.73
17. Poisonings
1,999
1.73
18. Other Injuries
1,933
1.67
19. Inflammatory/Heart
1,806
1.56
20. Prostate Cancer
1,629
1.41
21. Hypertension
1,515
1.31
22. Violence
1,495
1.29
23. Liver Cancer
1,449
1.25
24. Falls
1,416
1.22
25. Leukemia
1,305
1.13

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Parkinson Disease
1,293
1.12
27. HIV/AIDS
988
0.85
28. Congenital Anomalies
890
0.77
29. Ovary Cancer
841
0.73
30. Other Neoplasms
809
0.70
31. Stomach Cancer
791
0.68
32. Oesophagus Cancer
777
0.67
33. Bladder Cancer
764
0.66
34. Skin Cancers
762
0.66
35. Hepatitis C
552
0.48
36. Oral Cancer
547
0.47
37. Low Birth Weight
480
0.41
38. Uterin Cancer
405
0.35
39. Cervical Cancer
348
0.30
40. Alcohol
309
0.27
41. Drownings
300
0.26
42. Skin Disease
275
0.24
43. Malnutrition
254
0.22
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
250
0.22
45. Fires
219
0.19
46. Asthma
214
0.18
47. Anaemia
196
0.17
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
178
0.15
49. Multiple Sclerosis
168
0.15
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
159
0.14
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
62.0
37
2. Breast Cancer
111.3
43
3. Stomach Cancer
6.9
13
4. Bladder Cancer
16.6
47
5. Lymphomas
18.0
32
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
43.2
40
7. Leukaemia
12.9
16
8. Cervical Cancer
8.9
10
9. Prostate Cancer
139.3
42
10. Oral Cancer
9.7
42
11. Ovary Cancer
11.7
36
12. Liver Cancer
8.5
2
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.5
44
14. Uterin Cancer
18.9
42
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
44
16. Skin Cancers
12.9
48
17. Brain Cancer
6.4
34

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
49.5
33
2. Breast Cancer
22.5
33
3. Stomach Cancer
3.9
18
4. Bladder Cancer
4.1
39
5. Lymphomas
6.4
36
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.8
34
7. Leukaemia
6.9
37
8. Cervical Cancer
3.0
4
9. Prostate Cancer
22.3
40
10. Oral Cancer
2.6
21
11. Ovary Cancer
8.1
39
12. Liver Cancer
7.0
1
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.0
45
14. Uterin Cancer
3.9
37
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.8
49
16. Skin Cancers
2.5
41
17. Brain Cancer
4.0
38
   
   

TEXAS 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
     
TEXAS
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
192.05
23
2. Cancer
170.39
40
3. Stroke
49.03
10
4. Accidents
41.49
27
5. Chronic Lung Disease
41.19
31
6. Diabetes
24.90
17
7. Alzheimer's
24.68
22
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
16.35
21
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.10
24
10. Blood Poisoning
14.05
17
11. Liver Disease
11.45
7
12. Suicide
10.47
40
13. Hypertension/Renal
7.51
16
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.79
23
15. Homicide
6.19
22
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
14.9
32
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
18.5
25
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
46.5
43
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
29.0
14