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HEALTH PROFILE WEST VIRGINIA

 

A comprehensive summary of West 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.

 

WEST VIRGINIA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
WEST VIRGINIA MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
279.34
5
2. Cancer
250.82
5
3. Accidents
93.49
2
4. Chronic Lung Disease
70.44
3
5. Stroke
48.76
11
6. Diabetes
42.27
1
7. Suicide
27.98
6
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
26.63
4
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
24.25
4
10. Blood Poisoning
18.12
11
11. Liver Disease
17.87
4
12. Alzheimer's
14.37
44
13. Hypertension/Renal
10.74
4
14. Parkinson's Disease
8.20
43
15. Homicide
6.76
30
     
WEST VIRGINIA FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
186.40
6
2. Cancer
177.00
2
3. Chronic Lung Disease
51.30
3
4. Stroke
47.87
10
5. Accidents
40.28
4
6. Diabetes
29.89
1
7. Alzheimer's
27.67
19
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.36
7
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.96
27
10. Blood Poisoning
12.79
17
11. Hypertension/Renal
8.71
8
12. Liver Disease
7.28
12
13. Suicide
4.67
31
14. Parkinson's Disease
4.54
25
15. Homicide
3.17
15
   
   

WEST VIRGINIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
3,497
22.91
2. Lung Cancers
1,505
9.86
3. Lung Disease
1,289
8.44
4. Stroke
1,113
7.29
5. Diabetes Mellitus
800
5.24
6. Alzheimers
534
3.50
7. Kidney Disease
486
3.18
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
476
3.12
9. Road Traffic Accidents
413
2.71
10. Influenza & Pneumonia
410
2.69
11. Endocrine Disorders
364
2.38
12. Poisonings
360
2.36
13. Suicide
300
1.97
14. Breast Cancer
287
1.88
15. Liver Disease
272
1.78
16. Lymphomas
267
1.75
17. Other Injuries
260
1.70
18. Hypertension
226
1.48
19. Pancreas Cancer
213
1.40
20. Inflammatory/Heart
198
1.30
21. Leukemia
174
1.14
22. Falls
173
1.13
23. Prostate Cancer
160
1.05
24. Other Neoplasms
151
0.99
25. Parkinson Disease
133
0.87

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
120
0.79
27. Liver Cancer
113
0.74
28. Oesophagus Cancer
112
0.73
29. Bladder Cancer
112
0.73
30. Violence
86
0.56
31. Skin Cancers
81
0.53
32. Stomach Cancer
64
0.42
33. Oral Cancer
64
0.42
34. Uterin Cancer
58
0.38
35. Congenital Anomalies
58
0.38
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
49
0.32
37. Alcohol
43
0.28
38. Cervical Cancer
37
0.24
39. Fires
36
0.24
40. Anaemia
35
0.23
41. Asthma
34
0.22
42. Low Birth Weight
33
0.22
43. Hepatitis C
32
0.21
44. Skin Disease
30
0.20
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
23
0.15
46. Multiple Sclerosis
23
0.15
47. Drownings
23
0.15
48. HIV/AIDS
22
0.14
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
21
0.14
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
21
0.14
   
   

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

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
91.0
2
2. Breast Cancer
112.1
40
3. Stomach Cancer
5.1
41
4. Bladder Cancer
23.2
11
5. Lymphomas
20.6
12
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
54.6
3
7. Leukaemia
13.1
11
8. Cervical Cancer
8.4
18
9. Prostate Cancer
149.8
32
10. Oral Cancer
10.5
24
11. Ovary Cancer
13.4
7
12. Liver Cancer
4.4
42
13. Pancreas Cancer
10.5
44
14. Uterin Cancer
28.2
13
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.3
18
16. Skin Cancers
17.3
32
17. Brain Cancer
8.0
2

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
70.9
2
2. Breast Cancer
21.6
37
3. Stomach Cancer
2.7
45
4. Bladder Cancer
4.7
15
5. Lymphomas
8.2
1
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.4
6
7. Leukaemia
6.8
43
8. Cervical Cancer
2.2
29
9. Prostate Cancer
21.1
47
10. Oral Cancer
2.8
13
11. Ovary Cancer
8.7
24
12. Liver Cancer
3.8
50
13. Pancreas Cancer
9.1
51
14. Uterin Cancer
4.5
17
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.9
19
16. Skin Cancers
2.8
27
17. Brain Cancer
4.8
13
   
   

WEST 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
     
WEST VIRGINIA
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
229.12
5
2. Cancer
207.51
2
3. Accidents
65.96
2
4. Chronic Lung Disease
58.56
3
5. Stroke
48.80
11
6. Diabetes
35.51
1
7. Alzheimer's
23.01
30
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
21.07
5
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.76
21
10. Suicide
15.90
8
11. Blood Poisoning
15.04
13
12. Liver Disease
12.48
5
13. Hypertension/Renal
9.73
4
14. Parkinson's Disease
5.86
41
15. Homicide
4.95
28
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
9.1
50
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
26.5
1
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
45.9
45
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
31.3
4