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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section I

The Burden of Chronic Diseases as Causes of Death, United States

NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only.

  




Tables and Figures

  • Five chronic diseases—heart disease, cancers, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and diabetes—account for more than two-thirds of all deaths in the United States.
  • Heart disease, cancer and stroke together account for almost 60% of all deaths in the United States.
  • Chronic lower respiratory disease, which comprises bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, and chronic airway obstruction, is the fourth most common cause of death, and diabetes is the sixth most common.
  • Nephritis and nephrosis, the ninth leading cause of death, cover a variety of kidney diseases.
  • Health care for people with chronic diseases accounts for 75% of the nation’s total health care cost

Most Common Causes of Death, United States, 2001*

Most Common Causes of Death, United States, 2001

*Rates are age adjusted to 2000 total U.S. population. Boldface type indicates chronic disease or condition.

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Deaths due to Five Leading Chronic Disease Killers as a Percentage of All Deaths, United States, 2001

Cause of Death Number of Deaths Percent
     
Five Leading Chronic Disease Killers 1611833 66.7
Diseases of the heart 700142 29.0
All cancers 553768 22.9
Stroke 163538 6.8
Chronic lower respiratory disease 123013 5.1
Diabetes 71372 3.0
Other 804592 33.3
     
Total 2416425 100.0

Total Deaths and Deaths Due to Five Leading Chronic Disease Killers*, by State, 2001

State Total Number of Deaths Number of Deaths Due to Five Chronic Diseases* Of all Deaths, Percentage Due to Five Chronic Diseases*
       
ALABAMA 45316 29554 65.2
ALASKA 2974 1677 56.4
ARIZONA 41058 25768 62.8
ARKANSAS 27759 18735 67.5
CALIFORNIA 234044 159606 68.2
COLORADO 28294 16766 59.3
CONNECTICUT 29827 19923 66.8
DELAWARE 7112 4726 66.5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5951 3712 62.4
FLORIDA 167269 113718 68.0
GEORGIA 64485 40180 62.3
HAWAII 8394 5553 66.2
IDAHO 9753 6262 64.2
ILLINOIS 105430 70866 67.2
INDIANA 55198 37203 67.4
IOWA 27791 19133 68.8
KANSAS 24647 16177 65.6
KENTUCKY 39861 27087 68.0
LOUISIANA 41757 27126 65.0
MAINE 12421 8337 67.1
MARYLAND 43839 28879 65.9
MASSACHUSETTS 56754 36661 64.6
MICHIGAN 86424 59089 68.4
MINNESOTA 37735 23576 62.5
MISSISSIPPI 28259 18937 67.0
MISSOURI 54982 37211 67.7
MONTANA 8265 5316 64.3
NEBRASKA 15174 9951 65.6
NEVADA 16285 10579 65.0
NEW HAMPSHIRE 9815 6773 69.0
NEW JERSEY 74710 50343 67.4
NEW MEXICO 14129 8460 59.9
NEW YORK 159240 112074 70.4
NORTH CAROLINA 70934 45953 64.8
NORTH DAKOTA 6048 4102 67.8
OHIO 108027 73779 68.3
OKLAHOMA 34682 23622 68.1
OREGON 30158 19457 64.5
PENNSYLVANIA 129729 87642 67.6
RHODE ISLAND 10021 6864 68.5
SOUTH CAROLINA 36612 23394 63.9
SOUTH DAKOTA 6923 4639 67.0
TENNESSEE 55151 36641 66.4
TEXAS 152779 100494 65.8
UTAH 12662 7113 56.2
VERMONT 5201 3461 66.5
VIRGINIA 56280 36744 65.3
WASHINGTON 44642 29885 66.9
WEST VIRGINIA 20967 14357 68.5
WISCONSIN 46628 31170 66.8
WYOMING 4029 2558 63.5
       
UNITED STATES 2416425 1611833 66.7
* Diseases of the heart, all cancers, stroke, chronic lower respiratory disease, and diabetes.

 

  



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