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HEALTH PROFILE WASHINGTON

 

A comprehensive summary of Washington'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.

 

WASHINGTON TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
WASHINGTON MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
208.90
36
2. Heart Disease
207.26
40
3. Accidents
53.77
32
4. Chronic Lung Disease
47.11
31
5. Stroke
40.80
29
6. Alzheimer's
32.25
2
7. Diabetes
26.37
29
8. Suicide
21.13
23
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.02
49
10. Liver Disease
12.68
22
11. Parkinson's Disease
12.05
6
12. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
8.34
50
13. Hypertension/Renal
6.85
21
14. Blood Poisoning
5.98
46
15. Homicide
4.38
37
     
WASHINGTON FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
155.51
23
2. Heart Disease
135.43
33
3. Alzheimer's
45.74
1
4. Stroke
41.34
25
5. Chronic Lung Disease
39.24
22
6. Accidents
27.24
29
7. Diabetes
20.85
25
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.93
46
9. Hypertension/Renal
7.21
18
10. Liver Disease
6.50
19
11. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
5.79
49
12. Suicide
5.64
16
13. Blood Poisoning
5.52
45
14. Parkinson's Disease
5.43
10
15. Homicide
1.80
36
   
   

WASHINGTON TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
7,424
20.68
2. Lung Cancers
3,183
8.87
3. Stroke
2,692
7.50
4. Alzheimers
2,689
7.49
5. Lung Disease
2,597
7.23
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,508
4.20
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
984
2.74
8. Suicide
865
2.41
9. Poisonings
810
2.26
10. Breast Cancer
809
2.25
11. Influenza & Pneumonia
746
2.08
12. Falls
715
1.99
13. Pancreas Cancer
710
1.98
14. Endocrine Disorders
702
1.96
15. Lymphomas
691
1.92
16. Liver Disease
660
1.84
17. Road Traffic Accidents
653
1.82
18. Inflammatory/Heart
641
1.79
19. Prostate Cancer
635
1.77
20. Parkinson Disease
503
1.40
21. Leukemia
480
1.34
22. Kidney Disease
475
1.32
23. Hypertension
473
1.32
24. Other Injuries
404
1.13
25. Liver Cancer
387
1.08

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
372
1.04
27. Oesophagus Cancer
319
0.89
28. Bladder Cancer
317
0.88
29. Skin Cancers
276
0.77
30. Other Neoplasms
235
0.65
31. Stomach Cancer
215
0.60
32. Congenital Anomalies
214
0.60
33. Hepatitis C
209
0.58
34. Violence
201
0.56
35. Oral Cancer
194
0.54
36. Uterin Cancer
139
0.39
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
131
0.36
38. Multiple Sclerosis
117
0.33
39. Alcohol
110
0.31
40. HIV/AIDS
107
0.30
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
97
0.27
42. Cervical Cancer
79
0.22
43. Skin Disease
77
0.21
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
77
0.21
45. Drownings
72
0.20
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
67
0.19
47. Asthma
67
0.19
48. Low Birth Weight
56
0.16
49. Epilepsy
46
0.13
50. Anaemia
44
0.12
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
65.2
31
2. Breast Cancer
126.4
12
3. Stomach Cancer
6.3
21
4. Bladder Cancer
22.6
15
5. Lymphomas
21.5
3
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42.1
45
7. Leukaemia
13.7
8
8. Cervical Cancer
7.5
29
9. Prostate Cancer
163.4
18
10. Oral Cancer
10.6
21
11. Ovary Cancer
13.5
6
12. Liver Cancer
6.6
10
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.7
18
14. Uterin Cancer
23.2
25
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.9
27
16. Skin Cancers
24.5
5
17. Brain Cancer
6.8
21

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
49.6
31
2. Breast Cancer
22.8
30
3. Stomach Cancer
3.4
30
4. Bladder Cancer
4.6
19
5. Lymphomas
6.8
21
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.6
48
7. Leukaemia
7.1
31
8. Cervical Cancer
2.1
31
9. Prostate Cancer
24.5
26
10. Oral Cancer
3.0
7
11. Ovary Cancer
9.7
5
12. Liver Cancer
5.6
11
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.3
39
14. Uterin Cancer
4.4
19
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.0
18
16. Skin Cancers
3.0
18
17. Brain Cancer
4.8
13
   
   

WASHINGTON 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
     
WASHINGTON
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
177.83
34
2. Heart Disease
167.52
35
3. Chronic Lung Disease
42.40
30
4. Stroke
41.40
29
5. Alzheimer's
40.82
1
6. Accidents
39.97
31
7. Diabetes
23.27
27
8. Suicide
13.06
23
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.18
47
10. Liver Disease
9.54
20
11. Parkinson's Disease
7.98
4
12. Hypertension/Renal
7.17
20
13. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
6.72
50
14. Blood Poisoning
5.70
45
15. Homicide
3.11
38
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
15.2
28
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
15.7
47
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
53.7
13
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
26.3
28
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
21.5
50