HEALTH RANKINGS United States

UNITED STATES TOP 40 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate
1.	COVID-19	104.12
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	92.76
3.	Stroke	41.14
4.	Lung Disease	33.50
5.	Lung Cancers	31.75
6.	Hypertension	31.27
7.	Alzheimers	30.96
8.	Poisonings	30.96
9.	Diabetes Mellitus	25.41
10.	Breast Cancer	19.37
11.	Prostate Cancer	18.96
12.	Endocrine Disorders	15.17
13.	Liver Disease	14.46
14.	Suicide	14.09
15.	Kidney Disease	14.06
16.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.36
17.	Falls	11.42
18.	Pancreas Cancer	11.40
19.	Influenza & Pneumonia	10.60
20.	Parkinson's Disease	9.84

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate
21.	Lymphomas	8.42
22.	Homicide	8.17
23.	Inflammatory/Heart	7.21
24.	Liver Cancer	6.68
25.	Ovary Cancer	5.99
26.	Leukemia	5.83
27.	Uterin Cancer	5.33
28.	Alcohol	4.45
29.	Bladder Cancer	4.15
30.	Other Neoplasms	4.09
31.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.71
32.	Congenital Anomalies	3.14
33.	Skin Cancers	3.14
34.	Oral Cancer	2.71
35.	Stomach Cancer	2.67
36.	Cervical Cancer	2.27
37.	Low Birth Weight	1.52
38.	HIV/AIDS	1.34
39.	Drownings	1.30
40.	Drug Use	1.10

UNITED STATES TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES: CDC 12/22

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
1.	COVID-19	416,890	15.76
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	375,458	14.20
3.	Stroke	162,889	6.16
4.	Lung Disease	137,848	5.21
5.	Lung Cancers	134,589	5.09
6.	Hypertension	124,470	4.71
7.	Alzheimers	119,396	4.51
8.	Diabetes Mellitus	103,290	3.91
9.	Poisonings	101,992	3.86
10.	Endocrine Disorders	59,782	2.26
11.	Liver Disease	56,509	2.14
12.	Kidney Disease	56,379	2.13
13.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	54,115	2.05
14.	Suicide	48,179	1.82
15.	Pancreas Cancer	47,897	1.81
16.	Road Traffic Accidents	46,732	1.77
17.	Falls	44,677	1.69
18.	Breast Cancer	42,803	1.62
19.	Influenza & Pneumonia	42,094	1.59
20.	Parkinson's Disease	38,530	1.46
21.	Lymphomas	34,097	1.29
22.	Prostate Cancer	32,559	1.23
23.	Other Injuries	30,681	1.16
24.	Liver Cancer	28,714	1.09
25.	Inflammatory/Heart	28,063	1.06

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
26.	Homicide	26,030	0.98
27.	Leukemia	23,271	0.88
28.	Malnutrition	17,101	0.65
29.	Alcohol	16,862	0.64
30.	Bladder Cancer	16,829	0.64
31.	Other Neoplasms	16,237	0.61
32.	Oesophagus Cancer	15,739	0.60
33.	Ovary Cancer	13,428	0.51
34.	Skin Cancers	12,766	0.48
35.	Uterin Cancer	12,204	0.46
36.	Oral Cancer	11,391	0.43
37.	Stomach Cancer	10,891	0.41
38.	Congenital Anomalies	9,663	0.37
39.	Diarrhoeal diseases	7,038	0.27
40.	Skin Disease	6,358	0.24
41.	HIV/AIDS	4,976	0.19
42.	Multiple Sclerosis	4,536	0.17
43.	Cervical Cancer	4,366	0.17
44.	Drownings	4,337	0.16
45.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	3,926	0.15
46.	Low Birth Weight	3,906	0.15
47.	Rheumatic/Heart	3,902	0.15
48.	Drug Use	3,848	0.15
49.	Epilepsy	3,747	0.14
50.	Asthma	3,514	0.13

UNITED STATES CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

		Rate
1.	Lung Cancers	31.75
2.	Breast Cancer	19.37
3.	Prostate Cancer	18.96
4.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.36
5.	Pancreas Cancer	11.40
6.	Lymphomas	8.42
7.	Liver Cancer	6.68
8.	Ovary Cancer	5.99

		Rate
9.	Leukemia	5.83
10.	Uterin Cancer	5.33
11.	Bladder Cancer	4.15
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.71
13.	Skin Cancers	3.14
14.	Oral Cancer	2.71
15.	Stomach Cancer	2.67
16.	Cervical Cancer	2.27

DEATH RATE HISTORY SELECTED CAUSES

HEART DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	266.46	725,192	279,040,168
2000	257.64	710,760	281,421,906
2001	249.51	700,142	284,968,955
2002	244.64	696,947	287,625,193
2003	236.31	685,089	290,107,933
2004	221.63	652,486	292,805,298
2005	216.85	652,091	295,516,599
2006	205.47	631,636	298,379,912
2007	196.09	616,067	301,231,207
2008	192.12	616,828	304,093,966
2009	182.82	599,413	306,771,529
2010	179.14	597,689	308,745,538
2011	173.74	596,577	311,591,917
2012	170.51	599,711	313,914,040
2013	169.77	611,105	316,128,839
2014	166.99	614,348	318,857,056
2015	168.49	633,842	321,418,820
2016	165.53	635,260	323,127,513
2017	165.04	647,457	325,719,178
2018	163.61	655,381	327,167,434
2019	161.52	659,041	328,239,523
2020	168.19	696,962	329,484,123
2021	173.78	695,547	331,893,745

ALL CANCERS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	200.77	549,838	279,040,168
2000	199.63	553,091	281,421,906
2001	196.45	553,768	284,968,955
2002	194.34	557,271	287,625,193
2003	190.85	556,902	290,107,933
2004	186.79	553,888	292,805,298
2005	185.09	559,312	295,516,599
2006	181.78	559,888	298,379,912
2007	179.26	562,875	301,231,207
2008	176.37	565,469	304,093,966
2009	173.53	567,628	306,771,529
2010	172.80	574,743	308,745,538
2011	168.97	576,691	311,591,917
2012	166.48	582,623	313,914,040
2013	163.23	584,881	316,128,839
2014	161.22	591,700	318,857,056
2015	158.52	595,930	321,418,820
2016	155.76	598,038	323,127,513
2017	152.49	599,108	325,719,178
2018	149.11	599,274	327,167,434
2019	146.15	599,601	328,239,523
2020	144.13	602,350	329,484,123
2021	146.55	605,213	331,893,745

STROKE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	61.61	167,366	279,040,168
2000	60.87	167,661	281,421,906
2001	58.37	163,538	284,968,955
2002	57.24	162,672	287,625,193
2003	54.57	157,689	290,107,933
2004	51.18	150,074	292,805,298
2005	47.96	143,579	295,516,599
2006	44.80	137,119	298,379,912
2007	43.52	135,952	301,231,207
2008	42.05	134,148	304,093,966
2009	39.59	128,842	306,771,529
2010	39.13	129,476	308,745,538
2011	37.90	128,932	311,591,917
2012	36.89	128,546	313,914,040
2013	36.17	128,978	316,128,839
2014	36.47	133,103	318,857,056
2015	37.63	140,323	321,418,820
2016	37.34	142,142	323,127,513
2017	37.59	146,383	325,719,178
2018	37.07	147,810	327,167,434
2019	36.96	150,005	328,239,523
2020	38.84	160,264	329,484,123
2021	41.14	162,890	331,893,745

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	45.43	124,181	279,040,168
2000	44.15	122,009	281,421,906
2001	43.86	123,013	284,968,955
2002	43.88	124,816	287,625,193
2003	43.74	126,382	290,107,933
2004	41.61	121,987	292,805,298
2005	43.89	130,933	295,516,599
2006	41.01	124,583	298,379,912
2007	41.36	127,924	301,231,207
2008	44.67	141,090	304,093,966
2009	42.65	137,353	306,771,529
2010	42.18	138,080	308,745,538
2011	42.51	142,943	311,591,917
2012	41.54	143,489	313,914,040
2013	42.14	149,205	316,128,839
2014	40.45	147,101	318,857,056
2015	41.62	155,041	321,418,820
2016	40.56	154,596	323,127,513
2017	40.92	160,201	325,719,178
2018	39.71	159,486	327,167,434
2019	38.18	156,979	328,239,523
2020	36.41	152,657	329,484,123
2021	34.71	142,342	331,893,745

ACCIDENTS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	35.29	97,860	279,040,168
2000	34.94	97,900	281,421,906
2001	35.68	101,537	284,968,955
2002	37.12	106,742	287,625,193
2003	37.59	109,277	290,107,933
2004	38.07	112,012	292,805,298
2005	39.51	117,809	295,516,599
2006	40.24	121,599	298,379,912
2007	40.36	123,706	301,231,207
2008	39.25	121,902	304,093,966
2009	37.49	118,021	306,771,529
2010	37.99	120,859	308,745,538
2011	39.13	126,438	311,591,917
2012	39.06	127,792	313,914,040
2013	39.39	130,557	316,128,839
2014	40.48	135,928	318,857,056
2015	43.22	146,571	321,418,820
2016	47.41	161,374	323,127,513
2017	49.39	169,936	325,719,178
2018	47.99	167,127	327,167,434
2019	49.29	173,040	328,239,523
2020	57.58	200,955	329,484,123
2021	64.71	224,935	331,893,745

DIABETES

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	25.01	68,399	279,040,168
2000	25.05	69,301	281,421,906
2001	25.36	71,372	284,968,955
2002	25.60	73,249	287,625,193
2003	25.51	74,219	290,107,933
2004	24.75	73,138	292,805,298
2005	24.94	75,119	295,516,599
2006	23.56	72,449	298,379,912
2007	22.78	71,382	301,231,207
2008	22.03	70,553	304,093,966
2009	21.05	68,705	306,771,529
2010	20.82	69,071	308,745,538
2011	21.65	73,831	311,591,917
2012	21.18	73,932	313,914,040
2013	21.18	75,578	316,128,839
2014	20.95	76,488	318,857,056
2015	21.30	79,535	321,418,820
2016	21.02	80,058	323,127,513
2017	21.45	83,564	325,719,178
2018	21.36	84,946	327,167,434
2019	21.59	87,647	328,239,523
2020	24.81	102,188	329,484,123
2021	25.41	103,294	331,893,745

ALZHEIMER'S

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	16.47	44,536	279,040,168
2000	18.05	49,558	281,421,906
2001	19.29	53,852	284,968,955
2002	20.81	58,866	287,625,193
2003	22.06	63,457	290,107,933
2004	22.60	65,965	292,805,298
2005	23.99	71,599	295,516,599
2006	23.69	72,432	298,379,912
2007	23.84	74,632	301,231,207
2008	25.79	82,435	304,093,966
2009	24.17	79,003	306,771,529
2010	25.11	83,494	308,745,538
2011	24.73	84,974	311,591,917
2012	23.78	83,637	313,914,040
2013	23.52	84,767	316,128,839
2014	25.44	93,541	318,857,056
2015	29.43	110,561	321,418,820
2016	30.29	116,103	323,127,513
2017	31.04	121,404	325,719,178
2018	30.52	122,019	327,167,434
2019	29.85	121,499	328,239,523
2020	32.45	134,242	329,484,123
2021	30.96	119,399	331,893,745

INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	23.49	63,730	279,040,168
2000	23.74	65,313	281,421,906
2001	22.18	62,034	284,968,955
2002	23.16	65,681	287,625,193
2003	22.57	65,163	290,107,933
2004	20.37	59,664	292,805,298
2005	21.04	63,001	295,516,599
2006	18.41	56,326	298,379,912
2007	16.83	52,717	301,231,207
2008	17.60	56,284	304,093,966
2009	16.53	53,692	306,771,529
2010	15.10	50,097	308,745,538
2011	15.75	53,826	311,591,917
2012	14.45	50,636	313,914,040
2013	15.88	56,979	316,128,839
2014	15.13	55,227	318,857,056
2015	15.24	57,062	321,418,820
2016	13.53	51,537	323,127,513
2017	14.30	55,672	325,719,178
2018	14.87	59,120	327,167,434
2019	12.32	49,783	328,239,523
2020	13.05	53,544	329,484,123
2021	10.53	41,917	331,893,745

NEPHRITIS/KIDNEY DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	13.03	35,525	279,040,168
2000	13.50	37,251	281,421,906
2001	14.06	39,480	284,968,955
2002	14.40	40,974	287,625,193
2003	14.67	42,453	290,107,933
2004	14.45	42,480	292,805,298
2005	14.66	43,901	295,516,599
2006	14.82	45,344	298,379,912
2007	14.91	46,448	301,231,207
2008	15.13	48,237	304,093,966
2009	15.07	48,935	306,771,529
2010	15.29	50,476	308,745,538
2011	13.41	45,591	311,591,917
2012	13.12	45,622	313,914,040
2013	13.19	47,112	316,128,839
2014	13.21	48,146	318,857,056
2015	13.39	49,959	321,418,820
2016	13.15	50,046	323,127,513
2017	13.01	50,633	325,719,178
2018	12.92	51,386	327,167,434
2019	12.71	51,565	328,239,523
2020	12.71	52,547	329,484,123
2021	13.55	54,358	331,893,745

BLOOD POISONING

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	11.25	30,680	279,040,168
2000	11.30	31,224	281,421,906
2001	11.46	32,238	284,968,955
2002	11.88	33,865	287,625,193
2003	11.76	34,069	290,107,933
2004	11.32	33,373	292,805,298
2005	11.36	34,136	295,516,599
2006	11.18	34,234	298,379,912
2007	11.15	34,828	301,231,207
2008	11.29	35,927	304,093,966
2009	10.97	35,639	306,771,529
2010	10.56	34,812	308,745,538
2011	10.54	35,748	311,591,917
2012	10.33	35,842	313,914,040
2013	10.73	38,156	316,128,839
2014	10.69	38,940	318,857,056
2015	10.95	40,773	321,418,820
2016	10.71	40,613	323,127,513
2017	10.56	40,922	325,719,178
2018	10.25	40,718	327,167,434
2019	9.51	38,431	328,239,523
2020	9.73	40,050	329,484,123
2021	10.22	41,281	331,893,745

SUICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	10.47	29,199	279,040,168
2000	10.42	29,350	281,421,906
2001	10.72	30,622	284,968,955
2002	10.95	31,655	287,625,193
2003	10.79	31,484	290,107,933
2004	10.99	32,439	292,805,298
2005	10.93	32,637	295,516,599
2006	11.00	33,300	298,379,912
2007	11.29	34,598	301,231,207
2008	11.60	36,035	304,093,966
2009	11.76	36,909	306,771,529
2010	12.11	38,364	308,745,538
2011	12.34	39,518	311,591,917
2012	12.59	40,600	313,914,040
2013	12.61	41,149	316,128,839
2014	12.98	42,826	318,857,056
2015	13.28	44,193	321,418,820
2016	13.47	44,965	323,127,513
2017	14.01	47,173	325,719,178
2018	14.25	48,344	327,167,434
2019	13.94	47,511	328,239,523
2020	13.52	45,979	329,484,123
2021	14.09	48,183	331,893,745

HYPERTENSION/RENAL

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	6.24	16,968	279,040,168
2000	6.55	18,073	281,421,906
2001	6.87	19,250	284,968,955
2002	7.13	20,261	287,625,193
2003	7.57	21,940	290,107,933
2004	7.86	23,076	292,805,298
2005	8.29	24,902	295,516,599
2006	7.75	23,855	298,379,912
2007	7.62	23,965	301,231,207
2008	8.01	25,742	304,093,966
2009	7.84	25,734	306,771,529
2010	7.97	26,634	308,745,538
2011	8.08	27,853	311,591,917
2012	8.20	29,115	313,914,040
2013	8.53	30,770	316,128,839
2014	8.17	30,221	318,857,056
2015	8.54	32,200	321,418,820
2016	8.63	33,246	323,127,513
2017	9.00	35,316	325,719,178
2018	8.91	35,835	327,167,434
2019	8.91	36,524	328,239,523
2020	10.08	41,907	329,484,123
2021	10.69	42,816	331,893,745

LIVER DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	9.56	26,259	279,040,168
2000	9.55	26,552	281,421,906
2001	9.51	27,035	284,968,955
2002	9.41	27,257	287,625,193
2003	9.29	27,503	290,107,933
2004	8.96	27,013	292,805,298
2005	8.95	27,530	295,516,599
2006	8.77	27,555	298,379,912
2007	9.09	29,165	301,231,207
2008	9.17	29,963	304,093,966
2009	9.15	30,558	306,771,529
2010	9.38	31,903	308,745,538
2011	9.68	33,642	311,591,917
2012	9.91	34,979	313,914,040
2013	10.16	36,427	316,128,839
2014	10.43	38,170	318,857,056
2015	10.85	40,326	321,418,820
2016	10.73	40,545	323,127,513
2017	10.88	41,743	325,719,178
2018	11.05	42,838	327,167,434
2019	11.34	44,358	328,239,523
2020	13.26	51,642	329,484,123
2021	14.47	56,585	331,893,745

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	5.37	14,593	279,040,168
2000	5.69	15,682	281,421,906
2001	5.91	16,544	284,968,955
2002	5.98	16,959	287,625,193
2003	6.27	17,997	290,107,933
2004	6.19	17,989	292,805,298
2005	6.60	19,544	295,516,599
2006	6.49	19,566	298,379,912
2007	6.53	20,058	301,231,207
2008	6.58	20,483	304,093,966
2009	6.49	20,565	306,771,529
2010	6.85	22,032	308,745,538
2011	6.99	23,111	311,591,917
2012	7.04	23,818	313,914,040
2013	7.28	25,196	316,128,839
2014	7.38	26,150	318,857,056
2015	7.72	27,972	321,418,820
2016	8.03	29,697	323,127,513
2017	8.42	31,963	325,719,178
2018	8.66	33,829	327,167,434
2019	8.83	35,311	328,239,523
2020	9.87	40,284	329,484,123
2021	9.84	38,536	331,893,745

HOMICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	5.99	16,889	279,040,168
2000	5.90	16,765	281,421,906
2001	7.09	20,308	284,968,955
2002	6.10	17,638	287,625,193
2003	6.07	17,732	290,107,933
2004	5.89	17,357	292,805,298
2005	6.12	18,124	295,516,599
2006	6.23	18,573	298,379,912
2007	6.13	18,361	301,231,207
2008	5.92	17,826	304,093,966
2009	5.53	16,799	306,771,529
2010	5.30	16,259	308,745,538
2011	5.28	16,238	311,591,917
2012	5.42	16,688	313,914,040
2013	5.18	16,121	316,128,839
2014	5.09	15,872	318,857,056
2015	5.66	17,793	321,418,820
2016	6.16	19,362	323,127,513
2017	6.16	19,510	325,719,178
2018	5.93	18,830	327,167,434
2019	6.03	19,141	328,239,523
2020	7.77	24,576	329,484,123
2021	8.17	26,031	331,893,745