TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2005:
U.S. AND ALL 50 STATES,
LISTED BY AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES

#1: HEART DISEASE

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Mississippi 8,637   306.8
  Alabama 12,869   273.5
  Oklahoma 10,043   272.6
  Kentucky 10,782   258.5
  Louisiana 11,008   255.7
  Tennessee 14,946   252.1
  West Virginia 5,538   251.8
  Arkansas 7,575   249.5
  Nevada 5,094   242.1
  New York 51,985   239.6
  Missouri 14,974   235.5
  Georgia 16,781   234.8
  Michigan 25,128   231.4
  Delaware 2,031   224.3
  Ohio 29,003   224.3
  Indiana 14,542   222.3
  Texas 40,152   219.5
  South Carolina 9,359   218.9
  Pennsylvania 36,207   218.5
  Illinois  28,226   214.3
  Rhode Island 3,005   213.8
  Maryland 11,594   210.3
  North Carolina 17,765   209.6
  New Jersey 20,655   208.9
  Virginia 14,192   198.0
  California 64,916   196.3
  Florida 46,279   194.6
  Iowa 7,437   191.4
  Kansas 5,960   189.2
  Wyoming 952   186.9
  Wisconsin 11,842   185.8
  Arizona 10,966   185.0
  New Mexico 3,435   184.5
  Maine 2,941   182.7
  South Dakota 1,776   182.1
  New Hampshire 2,530   179.4
  Idaho 2,450   177.9
  Nebraska 3,640   176.7
  North Dakota 1,512   175.3
  Washington 10,985   174.3
  Vermont 1,234   173.6
  Connecticut 7,650   172.9
  Massachusetts 13,280   172.7
  Montana 1,855   169.4
  Oregon 6,791   164.7
  Alaska 627   162.6
  Utah 2,872   162.6
  Colorado 6,307   162.0
  Hawaii 2,319   152.0
  Minnesota 7,926   141.5
United States 652,091   211.1

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

#2: CANCER

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Kentucky 9,505   219.9
  Tennessee 12,995   211.5
  Louisiana 9,249   209.3
  Mississippi 6,065   208.4
  Arkansas 6,361   208.3
  West Virginia 4,617   207.7
Alabama 9,913   204.1
  Maine 3,218   201.9
  Indiana 12,796   199.3
  Delaware 1,799   197.8
  Missouri 12,419   197.7
  Oklahoma 7,446   197.6
  South Carolina 8,652   197.3
  Ohio 24,702   196.5
  Pennsylvania 29,616   193.3
  North Carolina 16,724   192.8
  Nevada 4,238   191.0
  Michigan 20,094   190.8
  Georgia 14,358   190.4
  Illinois  24,250   190.1
  Virginia 13,877   188.8
  Maryland 10,371   188.3
  Oregon 7,326   186.9
  Kansas 5,428   185.4
  Massachusetts 13,182   185.2
  Montana 1,956   184.4
  Rhode Island 2,292   184.1
  New Hampshire 2,549   183.7
  Iowa 6,453   182.5
  Wisconsin 10,943   182.3
  New Jersey 17,171   182.1
  South Dakota 1,612   180.9
  Washington 11,048   179.5
  Texas 34,291   178.5
  Florida 40,592   178.1
  Connecticut 7,052   175.7
  Nebraska 3,355   174.8
  Idaho 2,368   174.1
  Vermont 1,202   172.9
  New York 35,556   170.8
  Alaska 732   169.2
  North Dakota 1,302   168.9
  Minnesota 8,823   167.8
  Wyoming 886   167.7
  California 54,732   167.0
  Arizona 9,820   163.7
  New Mexico 3,141   162.6
  Colorado 6,395   159.6
  Hawaii 2,169   148.9
  Utah 2,520   139.4
United States 559,312   183.8

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

#3: STROKE

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Alabama 2,952   63.1
  Tennessee 3,659   63.0
  Arkansas 1,847   61.0
  Oklahoma 2,235   61.0
  South Carolina 2,458   58.5
  Mississippi 1,622   58.0
  North Carolina 4,861   58.0
  Louisiana 2,469   57.6
  Oregon 2,289   55.5
  Georgia 3,854   55.2
  Alaska 178   53.2
  Kentucky 2,168   52.8
  Missouri 3,347   52.6
  West Virginia 1,151   52.6
  Idaho 718   52.2
  Texas 9,366   52.1
  Virginia 3,675   52.1
  South Dakota 511   51.4
  Indiana 3,296   50.4
  Kansas 1,571   49.4
  Ohio 6,279   48.3
  Iowa 1,902   47.7
  Montana 522   47.7
  Nebraska 986   47.7
  Illinois  6,252   47.5
  California 15,585   47.4
  Nevada 945   46.8
  Michigan 5,057   46.5
  Washington 2,895   46.3
  Wisconsin 2,960   46.1
  Pennsylvania 7,650   45.5
  Utah 794   45.4
  Maryland 2,476   45.1
  Wyoming 221   44.8
  Hawaii 688   44.1
  Maine 693   42.8
  Delaware 384   42.5
  Minnesota 2,379   42.2
  Colorado 1,599   41.7
  North Dakota 368   41.5
  Arizona 2,364   40.1
  New Mexico 730   39.6
  Florida 9,361   39.2
  Massachusetts 2,977   38.1
  Rhode Island 533   37.4
  New Jersey 3,614   36.7
  Vermont 260   36.5
  New Hampshire 497   35.5
  Connecticut 1,528   34.7
  New York 6,622   30.6

United States

143,579   46.6

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

#4: CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Oklahoma 2,368   63.5
  Kentucky 2,578   61.3
  West Virginia 1,350   60.5
  Nevada 1,227   59.4
  Wyoming 291   57.2
  Vermont 381   55.6
  Montana 580   55.1
  Indiana 3,471   54.1
  Idaho 717   53.9
  Tennessee 3,185   53.3
  Kansas 1,567   52.4
  Maine 830   52.3
  Mississippi 1,473   51.9
  Ohio 6,580   51.7
  Arkansas 1,559   51.2
  Colorado 1,914   50.3
  Alabama 2,382   50.0
  Missouri 3,085   49.2
  North Carolina 4,149   49.1
  Georgia 3,411   48.4
  Nebraska 949   48.3
  South Dakota 440   47.5
  Arizona 2,821   47.4
  Oregon 1,837   46.9
  Iowa 1,703   46.6
  New Hampshire 630   46.2
  South Carolina 1,977   46.2
  Delaware 411   46.1
  New Mexico 855   46.0
  Washington 2,699   44.7
  Louisiana 1,906   44.5
  Texas 7,988   43.9
  Michigan 4,466   42.3
  Alaska 158   42.2
  Virginia 2,897   41.2
  California 13,188   40.9
  Wisconsin 2,449   40.4
  Florida 9,482   39.8
  Illinois  5,067   39.7
  Rhode Island 523   39.0
  Pennsylvania 6,149   38.1
  Minnesota 1,965   36.9
  Massachusetts 2,647   35.8
  Maryland 1,908   35.4
  Connecticut 1,471   35.3
  North Dakota 272   34.0
  Utah 592   33.9
  New Jersey 3,148   32.9
  New York 6,818   32.4
  Hawaii 287   18.7
United States 130,933   43.2

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

 

#5: ACCIDENTS/UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Louisiana 3,072   68.8
  Mississippi 1,936   66.6
  New Mexico 1,267   66.6
  Wyoming 302   58.6
  Kentucky 2,405   57.3
  Oklahoma 2,005   55.8
  Arizona 3,150   53.8
  South Carolina 2,272   53.1
  Tennessee 3,147   52.5
  Montana 524   52.4
  Alabama 2,395   51.8
  Alaska 313   51.3
  West Virginia 940   49.4
  South Dakota 402   48.1
  North Carolina 4,123   47.8
  Missouri 2,848   47.4
  Nevada 1,104   47.3
  Florida 8,868   47.1
  Arkansas 1,329   46.8
  Georgia 3,762   44.4
  Colorado 1,947   43.8
  Idaho 606   43.1
  Wisconsin 2,490   42.2
  Vermont 272   41.2
  Maine 579   41.1
  Pennsylvania 5,446   40.3
  Texas 8,598   40.3
  Kansas 1,149   40.2
  Washington 2,543   39.6
  North Dakota 287   39.3
  Indiana 2,480   38.9
  Oregon 1,469   38.1
  Nebraska 704   37.1
  Ohio 4,438   37.1
  Iowa 1,202   36.1
  Minnesota 1,922   35.4
  Virginia 2,638   35.3
  New Hampshire 477   35.2
  Utah 743   34.0
  Delaware 293   33.9
  Michigan 3,451   33.3
  Illinois  4,182   32.4
  Hawaii 436   31.7
  California 11,129   31.4
  Connecticut 1,134   29.8
  New Jersey 2,561   28.3
  Massachusetts 1,907   27.7
  Rhode Island 334   26.7
  Maryland 1,376   24.7
  New York 4,645   22.9
United States 117,809   39.1

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

#6: DIABETES

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Louisiana 1,695   38.7
  West Virginia 766   34.4
  Oklahoma 1,217   32.6
  New Mexico 595   31.2
  Tennessee 1,844   30.4
  Utah 541   30.4
  Ohio 3,794   30.0
  Alabama 1,429   29.8
  Texas 5,605   29.6
  Oregon 1,149   29.0
  Kentucky 1,187   27.9
  South Carolina 1,187   27.2
  Arkansas 824   27.1
  Indiana 1,719   26.7
  Michigan 2,842   26.7
  New Jersey 2,540   26.7
  Montana 285   26.5
  North Carolina 2,261   26.3
  Delaware 233   25.9
  North Dakota 204   25.8
  South Dakota 241   25.8
  Wyoming 130   25.7
  Maryland 1,388   25.5
  Vermont 173   25.1
  Washington 1,554   25.1
  Missouri 1,549   24.7
  Maine 385   24.2
  Illinois  3,034   23.6
  Kansas 710   23.6
  California 7,697   23.5
  Mississippi 677   23.5
  Georgia 1,742   23.3
  Minnesota 1,258   23.2
  Nebraska 449   23.2
  Florida 5,193   22.6
  Pennsylvania 3,553   22.6
  Virginia 1,642   22.6
  New Hampshire 310   22.5
  Alaska 93   22.2
  Idaho 299   22.1
  Rhode Island 282   21.6
  Wisconsin 1,276   20.8
  Arizona 1,208   20.2
  Iowa 727   19.8
  Connecticut 811   19.7
  New York 4,051   19.3
  Colorado 753   19.2
  Massachusetts 1,271   17.4
  Nevada 336   15.3
  Hawaii 218   14.7
United States 75,119   24.6

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

#7: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Tennessee 2,033   36.2
  Washington 2,309   35.9
  Louisiana 1,405   34.2
  Alabama 1,501   33.2
  South Carolina 1,316   32.4
  Arizona 1,831   31.3
  North Dakota 287   29.8
  North Carolina 2,417   29.5
  Idaho 407   29.4
  Maine 476   29.1
  Kentucky 1,147   28.9
  Oregon 1,239   28.9
  Colorado 1,064   28.5
  Oklahoma 1,012   28.1
  South Dakota 290   27.3
  Kansas 912   27.2
  Texas 4,629   27.2
  Georgia 1,745   27.0
  Mississippi 721   26.7
  New Hampshire 376   26.1
  Ohio 3,478   26.0
  Vermont 184   25.7
  Iowa 1,082   25.4
  Missouri 1,635   25.4
  Indiana 1,651   24.7
  Montana 267   23.9
  California 7,706   23.2
  West Virginia 504   23.2
  Wyoming 110   22.7
  Arkansas 686   22.6
  Minnesota 1,320   22.5
  Virginia 1,550   22.5
  Wisconsin 1,512   22.4
  Nebraska 473   21.8
  Utah 368   21.5
  Alaska 61   21.3
  Michigan 2,359   21.2
  Illinois  2,827   20.8
  Delaware 180   20.0
  Massachusetts 1,638   19.8
  Pennsylvania 3,429   18.9
  Rhode Island 298   18.8
  Florida 4,608   18.4
  New Mexico 327   18.3
  New Jersey 1,815   17.6
  Maryland 958   17.5
  Nevada 310   17.1
  Connecticut 777   16.1
  Hawaii 192   11.4
  New York 2,065   9.2
United States 71,599   22.9

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

 

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

 

#8: INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Arkansas 886   29.2
  Tennessee 1,588   27.6
  Oklahoma 948   26.1
  New York 5,521   25.3
  Kentucky 1,021   25.1
  Wyoming 119   24.4
  Massachusetts 1,935   24.2
  Missouri 1,527   23.9
  Louisiana 996   23.7
  Mississippi 645   23.5
  South Dakota 241   23.4
  Georgia 1,596   23.3
  California 7,553   22.8
  Kansas 730   22.5
  Nevada 454   22.4
  Illinois  2,949   22.0
  North Carolina 1,830   22.0
  Alabama 1,011   21.9
  Arizona 1,297   21.9
  Maine 352   21.8
  Maryland 1,194   21.7
  Iowa 896   21.4
  West Virginia 458   21.0
  Virginia 1,464   20.9
  Connecticut 956   20.5
  Idaho 289   20.5
  Texas 3,654   20.4
  Indiana 1,317   20.0
  New Hampshire 273   19.4
  New Mexico 353   19.2
  Wisconsin 1,268   19.1
  Montana 213   18.9
  Utah 333   18.8
  Ohio 2,416   18.6
  North Dakota 172   18.5
  South Carolina 771   18.4
  Delaware 162   18.0
  Pennsylvania 3,068   18.0
  Michigan 1,950   17.8
  Nebraska 370   17.3
  Colorado 666   17.2
  Rhode Island 253   17.2
  New Jersey 1,637   16.3
  Hawaii 241   15.0
  Minnesota 846   14.5
  Oregon 614   14.5
  Washington 927   14.5
  Vermont 97   13.7
  Alaska 44   12.3
  Florida 2,802   11.8
United States 63,001   20.3

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

 

#9: KIDNEY DISEASES

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Louisiana 1,187   27.6
  Mississippi 667   23.7
  Alabama 1,036   22.0
  Kentucky 912   22.0
  Nevada 438   21.4
  Georgia 1,520   21.2
  Arkansas 624   20.5
  West Virginia 442   20.2
  Indiana 1,284   19.8
  South Carolina 823   19.3
  Pennsylvania 3,108   19.0
  North Carolina 1,561   18.5
  Illinois  2,402   18.4
  Massachusetts 1,410   18.4
  Missouri 1,156   18.3
  Virginia 1,277   17.9
  Kansas 517   16.7
  New Jersey 1,597   16.5
  Michigan 1,681   15.6
  Maine 250   15.5
  Oklahoma 564   15.3
  Texas 2,729   14.9
  Ohio 1,902   14.8
  Wisconsin 930   14.7
  Delaware 128   14.2
  Maryland 752   13.8
  Wyoming 66   13.5
  Connecticut 580   13.1
  New Mexico 239   12.9
  New Hampshire 173   12.4
  Colorado 470   12.3
  Nebraska 245   12.2
  Minnesota 669   12.0
  Tennessee 719   12.0
  Rhode Island 156   11.2
  New York 2,360   11.0
  Alaska 38   10.3
  Arizona 608   10.2
  Florida 2,416   10.2
  Hawaii 150   10.1
  Montana 109   10.1
  Utah 177   10.1
  Idaho 110   7.9
  North Dakota 67   7.6
  California 2,482   7.5
  Vermont 52   7.4
  Oregon 295   7.2
  Washington 450   7.2
  Iowa 250   6.2
  South Dakota 55   5.7
United States 43,901   14.3

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 56, No. 10, "Deaths: Final Data for 2005"

 

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

 

 

#10: SEPTICEMIA

STATE   DEATHS   AGE-ADJUSTED
DEATH RATE
         
  Louisiana 858   19.9
  Maryland 1,085   19.8
  New Jersey 1,931   19.8
  Mississippi 559   19.7
  Nevada 417   19.3
  Georgia 1,321   18.1
  Alabama 848   18.0
  Arkansas 518   17.2
  Virginia 1,201   16.8
  Pennsylvania 2,548   15.9
  Illinois 1,943   15.1
  South Carolina 634   15.0
  West Virginia 322   14.9
  Connecticut 614   14.5
  Delaware 128   14.3
  Kentucky 585   14.1
  North Carolina 1,192   14.0
  Texas 2,542   13.6
  Massachusetts 980   13.2
  Indiana 826   12.8
  Missouri 741   11.8
  Ohio 1,447   11.4
  Oklahoma 422   11.4
  Hawaii 161   11.0
  Tennessee 647   10.8
  New York 2,277   10.7
  Maine 131   8.6
  Michigan 924   8.6
  Rhode Island 109   8.6
  Arizona 505   8.5
  Kansas 253   8.3
  Florida 1,845   8.0
  New Mexico 143   7.7
  Colorado 278   7.1
  New Hampshire 91   6.7
  Wisconsin 409   6.6
  Nebraska 123   6.4
  Iowa 227   6.3
  Wyoming 31   6.1
  Montana 61   6.0
  South Dakota 51   6.0
  Washington 360   5.8
  North Dakota 41   5.7
  Alaska 27   5.5
  Minnesota 261   4.9
  Utah 87   4.8
  Oregon 176   4.7
  Idaho 63   4.6
  Vermont 27   4.0
  California 1,033   3.1
United States 34,136   11.2

SOURCE:  National Vital Statistics System (Mortality)
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Heart Disease | Cancer | Stroke | Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | Accidents/Unintentional Injuries |
Diabetes | Alzheimer's Disease | Influenza/Pneumonia | Kidney Diseases | Septicemia

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