HEALTH RANKINGS North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA TOP 40 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
1.	COVID-19	107.48	21
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	87.26	31
3.	Stroke	46.47	11
4.	Poisonings	38.48	16
5.	Lung Cancers	36.92	15
6.	Alzheimers	36.66	15
7.	Lung Disease	35.41	26
8.	Diabetes Mellitus	30.42	10
9.	Hypertension	25.37	32
10.	Breast Cancer	20.45	17
11.	Prostate Cancer	19.56	30
12.	Endocrine Disorders	19.53	5
13.	Kidney Disease	18.45	10
14.	Liver Disease	14.83	28
15.	Falls	13.81	18
16.	Suicide	13.23	41
17.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.05	31
18.	Influenza & Pneumonia	12.47	11
19.	Pancreas Cancer	11.53	26
20.	Parkinson's Disease	9.87	31

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
21.	Homicide	9.73	14
22.	Lymphomas	8.85	21
23.	Inflammatory/Heart	8.17	16
24.	Liver Cancer	7.04	17
25.	Ovary Cancer	5.79	34
26.	Leukemia	5.78	33
27.	Uterin Cancer	5.58	15
28.	Other Neoplasms	4.54	21
29.	Alcohol	4.30	33
30.	Bladder Cancer	3.97	38
31.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.41	37
32.	Congenital Anomalies	3.38	21
33.	Skin Cancers	3.29	26
34.	Oral Cancer	2.68	30
35.	Stomach Cancer	2.46	27
36.	Cervical Cancer	2.19	22
37.	Low Birth Weight	1.71	16
38.	HIV/AIDS	1.52	16
39.	Drownings	1.16	30
40.	Drug Use	1.09	21

NORTH CAROLINA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES: CDC 12/22

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
1.	COVID-19	13,606	15.43
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	11,135	12.63
3.	Stroke	5,670	6.43
4.	Lung Cancers	5,011	5.68
5.	Lung Disease	4,585	5.20
6.	Alzheimers	4,253	4.82
7.	Diabetes Mellitus	3,925	4.45
8.	Poisonings	3,895	4.42
9.	Hypertension	3,096	3.51
10.	Endocrine Disorders	2,396	2.72
11.	Kidney Disease	2,307	2.62
12.	Road Traffic Accidents	1,901	2.16
13.	Liver Disease	1,876	2.13
14.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	1,678	1.90
15.	Falls	1,638	1.86
16.	Pancreas Cancer	1,548	1.76
17.	Influenza & Pneumonia	1,530	1.74
18.	Breast Cancer	1,455	1.65
19.	Suicide	1,448	1.64
20.	Parkinson's Disease	1,186	1.35
21.	Lymphomas	1,115	1.26
22.	Other Injuries	1,088	1.23
23.	Prostate Cancer	1,033	1.17
24.	Inflammatory/Heart	987	1.12
25.	Homicide	985	1.12

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
26.	Liver Cancer	956	1.08
27.	Malnutrition	738	0.84
28.	Leukemia	712	0.81
29.	Other Neoplasms	544	0.62
30.	Alcohol	532	0.60
31.	Bladder Cancer	502	0.57
32.	Oesophagus Cancer	468	0.53
33.	Uterin Cancer	415	0.47
34.	Skin Cancers	408	0.46
35.	Ovary Cancer	408	0.46
36.	Oral Cancer	351	0.40
37.	Congenital Anomalies	329	0.37
38.	Stomach Cancer	313	0.36
39.	Diarrhoeal diseases	256	0.29
40.	Skin Disease	217	0.25
41.	HIV/AIDS	179	0.20
42.	Low Birth Weight	139	0.16
43.	Cervical Cancer	126	0.14
44.	Epilepsy	123	0.14
45.	Drug Use	116	0.13
46.	Multiple Sclerosis	115	0.13
47.	Rheumatic/Heart	113	0.13
48.	Anaemia	111	0.13
49.	Fires	96	0.11
50.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	95	0.11

NORTH CAROLINA CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		Rate	USA Rank
1.	Lung Cancers	36.92	15
2.	Breast Cancer	20.45	17
3.	Prostate Cancer	19.56	30
4.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.05	31
5.	Pancreas Cancer	11.53	26
6.	Lymphomas	8.85	21
7.	Liver Cancer	7.04	17
8.	Ovary Cancer	5.79	34

		Rate	USA Rank
9.	Leukemia	5.78	33
10.	Uterin Cancer	5.58	15
11.	Bladder Cancer	3.97	38
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.41	37
13.	Skin Cancers	3.29	26
14.	Oral Cancer	2.68	30
15.	Stomach Cancer	2.46	27
16.	Cervical Cancer	2.19	22

DEATH RATE HISTORY SELECTED CAUSES

HEART DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	260.85	19,191	7,949,361
2000	264.54	19,723	8,049,313
2001	246.12	18,792	8,210,122
2002	237.55	18,524	8,326,201
2003	233.33	18,674	8,422,501
2004	215.22	17,607	8,553,152
2005	211.65	17,765	8,705,407
2006	197.61	17,271	8,917,270
2007	192.96	17,395	9,118,037
2008	186.40	17,335	9,309,449
2009	179.67	17,203	9,449,566
2010	174.90	17,154	9,535,483
2011	167.93	17,003	9,656,401
2012	166.05	17,348	9,752,073
2013	165.33	17,830	9,848,060
2014	158.72	17,592	9,943,964
2015	162.38	18,474	10,042,802
2016	155.84	18,266	10,146,788
2017	156.51	18,808	10,273,419
2018	155.48	19,222	10,383,620
2019	154.66	19,617	10,488,084
2020	156.20	20,373	10,600,823
2021	170.90	21,302	10,551,162

ALL CANCERS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	207.12	15,815	7,949,361
2000	204.23	15,786	8,049,313
2001	202.74	16,065	8,210,122
2002	199.85	16,210	8,326,201
2003	193.87	16,145	8,422,501
2004	193.67	16,477	8,553,152
2005	191.21	16,724	8,705,407
2006	191.39	17,318	8,917,270
2007	187.11	17,478	9,118,037
2008	181.29	17,453	9,309,449
2009	176.86	17,513	9,449,566
2010	178.95	18,061	9,535,483
2011	175.05	18,284	9,656,401
2012	170.23	18,405	9,752,073
2013	167.64	18,589	9,848,060
2014	169.27	19,342	9,943,964
2015	164.71	19,322	10,042,802
2016	161.62	19,523	10,146,788
2017	157.09	19,474	10,273,419
2018	154.17	19,671	10,383,620
2019	151.97	19,951	10,488,084
2020	148.39	19,996	10,600,823
2021	153.62	20,229	10,551,162

STROKE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	77.85	5,626	7,949,361
2000	78.47	5,749	8,049,313
2001	72.12	5,401	8,210,122
2002	68.80	5,259	8,326,201
2003	66.39	5,203	8,422,501
2004	61.68	4,955	8,553,152
2005	58.97	4,861	8,705,407
2006	53.21	4,572	8,917,270
2007	51.05	4,530	9,118,037
2008	50.83	4,637	9,309,449
2009	47.17	4,442	9,449,566
2010	44.67	4,298	9,535,483
2011	43.20	4,299	9,656,401
2012	42.82	4,410	9,752,073
2013	42.43	4,503	9,848,060
2014	43.02	4,702	9,943,964
2015	44.70	5,033	10,042,802
2016	43.02	4,940	10,146,788
2017	42.96	5,098	10,273,419
2018	41.32	5,062	10,383,620
2019	41.48	5,202	10,488,084
2020	44.37	5,720	10,600,823
2021	46.47	5,677	10,551,162

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	47.99	3,591	7,949,361
2000	48.92	3,699	8,049,313
2001	45.57	3,514	8,210,122
2002	46.64	3,674	8,326,201
2003	48.21	3,887	8,422,501
2004	43.89	3,625	8,553,152
2005	49.15	4,149	8,705,407
2006	45.81	4,017	8,917,270
2007	46.89	4,231	9,118,037
2008	49.25	4,572	9,309,449
2009	45.35	4,329	9,449,566
2010	46.08	4,495	9,535,483
2011	46.72	4,708	9,656,401
2012	46.35	4,844	9,752,073
2013	46.29	4,987	9,848,060
2014	45.06	5,023	9,943,964
2015	45.45	5,221	10,042,802
2016	44.85	5,311	10,146,788
2017	45.34	5,540	10,273,419
2018	42.58	5,360	10,383,620
2019	41.52	5,411	10,488,084
2020	38.52	5,178	10,600,823
2021	36.68	4,741	10,551,162

ACCIDENTS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	42.14	3,290	7,949,361
2000	44.68	3,525	8,049,313
2001	42.64	3,438	8,210,122
2002	45.29	3,700	8,326,201
2003	46.31	3,835	8,422,501
2004	47.69	4,019	8,553,152
2005	47.86	4,123	8,705,407
2006	46.95	4,156	8,917,270
2007	48.27	4,389	9,118,037
2008	46.41	4,313	9,309,449
2009	43.63	4,136	9,449,566
2010	43.17	4,144	9,535,483
2011	43.77	4,297	9,656,401
2012	43.02	4,281	9,752,073
2013	42.70	4,324	9,848,060
2014	44.36	4,557	9,943,964
2015	47.86	4,991	10,042,802
2016	52.17	5,476	10,146,788
2017	56.30	5,985	10,273,419
2018	55.25	6,007	10,383,620
2019	56.06	6,190	10,488,084
2020	67.05	7,379	10,600,823
2021	79.06	8,539	10,551,162

DIABETES

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	27.04	2,050	7,949,361
2000	27.27	2,084	8,049,313
2001	27.92	2,181	8,210,122
2002	27.59	2,205	8,326,201
2003	29.06	2,388	8,422,501
2004	26.88	2,253	8,553,152
2005	26.23	2,261	8,705,407
2006	24.90	2,234	8,917,270
2007	23.33	2,156	9,118,037
2008	22.70	2,170	9,309,449
2009	21.50	2,114	9,449,566
2010	20.48	2,042	9,535,483
2011	22.09	2,278	9,656,401
2012	22.59	2,409	9,752,073
2013	21.80	2,402	9,848,060
2014	23.71	2,687	9,943,964
2015	23.58	2,746	10,042,802
2016	23.54	2,811	10,146,788
2017	23.63	2,903	10,273,419
2018	23.87	3,013	10,383,620
2019	24.15	3,124	10,488,084
2020	26.93	3,554	10,600,823
2021	30.42	3,931	10,551,162

ALZHEIMER'S

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	20.81	1,456	7,949,361
2000	24.29	1,725	8,049,313
2001	24.60	1,786	8,210,122
2002	26.61	1,962	8,326,201
2003	28.31	2,145	8,422,501
2004	28.35	2,188	8,553,152
2005	30.46	2,417	8,705,407
2006	27.34	2,265	8,917,270
2007	28.68	2,460	9,118,037
2008	29.78	2,624	9,309,449
2009	29.18	2,646	9,449,566
2010	30.29	2,817	9,535,483
2011	29.31	2,828	9,656,401
2012	28.44	2,850	9,752,073
2013	27.72	2,872	9,848,060
2014	30.51	3,246	9,943,964
2015	34.77	3,803	10,042,802
2016	37.18	4,153	10,146,788
2017	37.32	4,289	10,273,419
2018	37.90	4,495	10,383,620
2019	36.85	4,508	10,488,084
2020	37.46	4,713	10,600,823
2021	36.66	4,260	10,551,162

INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	26.53	1,891	7,949,361
2000	26.79	1,945	8,049,313
2001	24.08	1,780	8,210,122
2002	25.10	1,898	8,326,201
2003	25.64	1,990	8,422,501
2004	21.27	1,686	8,553,152
2005	22.46	1,830	8,705,407
2006	20.08	1,705	8,917,270
2007	18.71	1,645	9,118,037
2008	19.14	1,737	9,309,449
2009	18.66	1,752	9,449,566
2010	17.73	1,700	9,535,483
2011	16.33	1,619	9,656,401
2012	18.46	1,899	9,752,073
2013	18.28	1,931	9,848,060
2014	17.19	1,874	9,943,964
2015	18.75	2,115	10,042,802
2016	16.50	1,896	10,146,788
2017	17.54	2,076	10,273,419
2018	16.90	2,064	10,383,620
2019	13.83	1,733	10,488,084
2020	13.96	1,804	10,600,823
2021	12.39	1,537	10,551,162

NEPHRITIS/KIDNEY DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	15.40	1,138	7,949,361
2000	17.61	1,315	8,049,313
2001	17.40	1,332	8,210,122
2002	18.40	1,437	8,326,201
2003	17.33	1,387	8,422,501
2004	18.00	1,470	8,553,152
2005	18.61	1,561	8,705,407
2006	19.05	1,661	8,917,270
2007	19.12	1,723	9,118,037
2008	18.65	1,729	9,309,449
2009	19.24	1,828	9,449,566
2010	19.46	1,892	9,535,483
2011	17.04	1,705	9,656,401
2012	15.89	1,656	9,752,073
2013	16.62	1,780	9,848,060
2014	16.28	1,791	9,943,964
2015	16.05	1,821	10,042,802
2016	17.08	2,002	10,146,788
2017	17.05	2,040	10,273,419
2018	15.60	1,936	10,383,620
2019	16.65	2,121	10,488,084
2020	15.87	2,072	10,600,823
2021	17.88	2,243	10,551,162

BLOOD POISONING

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	13.63	1,010	7,949,361
2000	13.98	1,046	8,049,313
2001	14.00	1,075	8,210,122
2002	14.76	1,161	8,326,201
2003	15.13	1,216	8,422,501
2004	14.55	1,200	8,553,152
2005	14.13	1,192	8,705,407
2006	13.66	1,193	8,917,270
2007	13.33	1,207	9,118,037
2008	14.57	1,352	9,309,449
2009	13.72	1,310	9,449,566
2010	13.55	1,333	9,535,483
2011	13.17	1,333	9,656,401
2012	12.32	1,291	9,752,073
2013	13.78	1,484	9,848,060
2014	12.42	1,384	9,943,964
2015	13.58	1,557	10,042,802
2016	13.30	1,559	10,146,788
2017	12.36	1,496	10,273,419
2018	12.32	1,531	10,383,620
2019	12.18	1,549	10,488,084
2020	12.20	1,605	10,600,823
2021	13.22	1,669	10,551,162

SUICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	11.00	884	7,949,361
2000	11.99	971	8,049,313
2001	12.04	997	8,210,122
2002	11.77	986	8,326,201
2003	11.21	955	8,422,501
2004	11.93	1,027	8,553,152
2005	11.45	1,009	8,705,407
2006	12.18	1,106	8,917,270
2007	11.63	1,077	9,118,037
2008	12.28	1,162	9,309,449
2009	12.21	1,174	9,449,566
2010	12.01	1,174	9,535,483
2011	12.29	1,213	9,656,401
2012	12.72	1,286	9,752,073
2013	12.58	1,284	9,848,060
2014	13.05	1,352	9,943,964
2015	13.42	1,406	10,042,802
2016	13.02	1,373	10,146,788
2017	14.28	1,521	10,273,419
2018	13.74	1,494	10,383,620
2019	12.53	1,358	10,488,084
2020	13.22	1,441	10,600,823
2021	13.23	1,448	10,551,162

HYPERTENSION/RENAL

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	7.44	546	7,949,361
2000	8.38	621	8,049,313
2001	8.28	627	8,210,122
2002	8.50	652	8,326,201
2003	8.91	702	8,422,501
2004	9.09	734	8,553,152
2005	9.19	757	8,705,407
2006	8.27	715	8,917,270
2007	7.61	680	9,118,037
2008	8.25	760	9,309,449
2009	8.42	796	9,449,566
2010	8.70	844	9,535,483
2011	7.27	733	9,656,401
2012	8.04	838	9,752,073
2013	7.93	856	9,848,060
2014	7.93	877	9,943,964
2015	8.33	944	10,042,802
2016	8.52	995	10,146,788
2017	8.01	962	10,273,419
2018	8.41	1,029	10,383,620
2019	7.97	1,009	10,488,084
2020	9.55	1,239	10,600,823
2021	10.26	1,271	10,551,162

LIVER DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	9.35	731	7,949,361
2000	9.88	787	8,049,313
2001	8.88	725	8,210,122
2002	8.76	735	8,326,201
2003	8.65	749	8,422,501
2004	8.80	781	8,553,152
2005	8.60	782	8,705,407
2006	8.52	804	8,917,270
2007	9.12	888	9,118,037
2008	9.58	961	9,309,449
2009	9.05	935	9,449,566
2010	8.91	932	9,535,483
2011	9.46	1,030	9,656,401
2012	9.86	1,086	9,752,073
2013	10.19	1,154	9,848,060
2014	10.28	1,184	9,943,964
2015	10.65	1,254	10,042,802
2016	10.30	1,253	10,146,788
2017	10.33	1,273	10,273,419
2018	10.40	1,300	10,383,620
2019	11.26	1,443	10,488,084
2020	12.88	1,652	10,600,823
2021	14.84	1,879	10,551,162

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	5.00	359	7,949,361
2000	5.59	406	8,049,313
2001	5.39	401	8,210,122
2002	5.56	422	8,326,201
2003	5.89	458	8,422,501
2004	5.79	458	8,553,152
2005	7.10	575	8,705,407
2006	6.07	508	8,917,270
2007	6.29	542	9,118,037
2008	6.00	534	9,309,449
2009	6.50	593	9,449,566
2010	6.81	636	9,535,483
2011	7.33	705	9,656,401
2012	7.45	745	9,752,073
2013	7.22	752	9,848,060
2014	7.13	754	9,943,964
2015	8.25	897	10,042,802
2016	7.99	894	10,146,788
2017	8.70	1,007	10,273,419
2018	8.66	1,041	10,383,620
2019	9.09	1,132	10,488,084
2020	9.76	1,251	10,600,823
2021	9.87	1,187	10,551,162

HOMICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	7.97	651	7,949,361
2000	7.99	657	8,049,313
2001	7.15	599	8,210,122
2002	7.61	644	8,326,201
2003	7.02	598	8,422,501
2004	7.15	613	8,553,152
2005	7.56	661	8,705,407
2006	7.00	622	8,917,270
2007	7.42	674	9,118,037
2008	7.21	668	9,309,449
2009	6.02	565	9,449,566
2010	5.70	539	9,535,483
2011	5.59	532	9,656,401
2012	5.92	567	9,752,073
2013	5.82	563	9,848,060
2014	5.59	551	9,943,964
2015	6.13	593	10,042,802
2016	7.44	735	10,146,788
2017	6.88	679	10,273,419
2018	6.39	647	10,383,620
2019	6.97	707	10,488,084
2020	8.64	884	10,600,823
2021	9.73	991	10,551,162