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HEALTH PROFILE VIRGINIA

 

A comprehensive summary of Virginia'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.

 

VIRGINIA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
VIRGINIA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
232.69
26
2. Cancer
224.70
21
3. Accidents
52.59
34
4. Stroke
44.33
21
5. Chronic Lung Disease
42.09
40
6. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
23.84
10
7. Diabetes
21.40
44
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.06
21
9. Blood Poisoning
21.03
2
10. Alzheimer's
18.96
30
11. Suicide
17.52
37
12. Parkinson's Disease
10.59
20
13. Liver Disease
10.09
40
14. Homicide
8.37
26
15. Hypertension/Renal
6.15
32
     
VIRGINIA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
155.14
25
2. Heart Disease
145.31
26
3. Stroke
43.65
18
4. Chronic Lung Disease
34.94
34
5. Alzheimer's
25.56
31
6. Accidents
25.09
35
7. Diabetes
18.34
35
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
16.56
11
9. Blood Poisoning
16.28
6
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.84
31
11. Hypertension/Renal
6.27
28
12. Suicide
5.63
17
13. Liver Disease
5.12
32
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.35
32
15. Homicide
2.37
29
   
   

VIRGINIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,150
19.90
2. Lung Cancers
4,063
9.92
3. Stroke
3,313
8.09
4. Lung Disease
2,657
6.49
5. Alzheimers
1,703
4.16
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,507
3.68
7. Kidney Disease
1,462
3.57
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,289
3.15
9. Influenza & Pneumonia
1,233
3.01
10. Breast Cancer
1,098
2.68
11. Road Traffic Accidents
1,058
2.58
12. Inflammatory/Heart
881
2.15
13. Suicide
880
2.15
14. Pancreas Cancer
878
2.14
15. Endocrine Disorders
816
1.99
16. Lymphomas
807
1.97
17. Other Injuries
765
1.87
18. Prostate Cancer
709
1.73
19. Liver Disease
612
1.49
20. Poisonings
562
1.37
21. Leukemia
520
1.27
22. Hypertension
484
1.18
23. Parkinson Disease
473
1.16
24. Falls
454
1.11
25. Violence
420
1.03

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Liver Cancer
382
0.93
27. Ovary Cancer
380
0.93
28. Other Neoplasms
362
0.88
29. Oesophagus Cancer
323
0.79
30. Skin Cancers
323
0.79
31. Bladder Cancer
319
0.78
32. Stomach Cancer
252
0.62
33. Low Birth Weight
246
0.60
34. Congenital Anomalies
243
0.59
35. HIV/AIDS
229
0.56
36. Uterin Cancer
183
0.45
37. Oral Cancer
182
0.44
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
176
0.43
39. Alcohol
169
0.41
40. Cervical Cancer
115
0.28
41. Hepatitis C
109
0.27
42. Skin Disease
108
0.26
43. Fires
102
0.25
44. Multiple Sclerosis
90
0.22
45. Asthma
86
0.21
46. Drownings
72
0.18
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
64
0.16
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
61
0.15
49. Malnutrition
60
0.15
50. Anaemia
59
0.14
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
65.8
30
2. Breast Cancer
119.8
26
3. Stomach Cancer
5.8
27
4. Bladder Cancer
17.9
40
5. Lymphomas
16.4
46
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
44.0
36
7. Leukaemia
9.9
45
8. Cervical Cancer
6.8
36
9. Prostate Cancer
155.6
26
10. Oral Cancer
9.3
44
11. Ovary Cancer
10.5
44
12. Liver Cancer
5.2
28
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.1
35
14. Uterin Cancer
21.7
34
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.5
40
16. Skin Cancers
20.5
17
17. Brain Cancer
5.6
47

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
54.6
20
2. Breast Cancer
25.2
11
3. Stomach Cancer
3.4
30
4. Bladder Cancer
4.1
39
5. Lymphomas
6.3
43
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.0
32
7. Leukaemia
6.8
43
8. Cervical Cancer
1.9
33
9. Prostate Cancer
25.7
17
10. Oral Cancer
2.4
31
11. Ovary Cancer
9.1
15
12. Liver Cancer
4.7
36
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.2
23
14. Uterin Cancer
4.1
29
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.5
26
16. Skin Cancers
2.9
22
17. Brain Cancer
3.8
47
   
   

VIRGINIA 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
     
VIRGINIA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
182.70
22
2. Heart Disease
182.66
26
3. Stroke
44.51
17
4. Accidents
38.10
35
5. Chronic Lung Disease
37.63
37
6. Alzheimer's
23.41
28
7. Diabetes
19.74
40
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
19.27
10
9. Blood Poisoning
18.26
4
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.63
23
11. Suicide
11.18
31
12. Liver Disease
7.51
36
13. Parkinson's Disease
6.62
26
14. Hypertension/Renal
6.40
28
15. Homicide
5.38
26
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
13.4
38
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
16.4
41
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
49.5
26
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
25.5
34