Heart disease and cancer were the two leading causes of death in every state.
The number of deaths per year varies greatly between states and is mostly correlated with the population of the states.
Out of the top ten causes of death, kidney disease and suicide are the least common in most states. However, this relationship is not as consistent as the leading causes of death. For example, Alzheimer's disease is the least common cause of death in Nevada.
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Southern states like Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma have a greater gap between their heart disease and cancer age-adjusted death rates than other states.The southern states have the highest rates of heart disease deaths.
States with the highest heart disase death rates have seen a drastic decline over time. Mississippi had the highest heart disease death rate in 1999 at 347.4 deaths per 100,000 people, and this declined to 231.6 deaths per 100,000 people by 2017. This is a 33% decline.
Cancer death rates have not declined as drastically over time. Louisiana is one of the states with the highest cancer death rate, and it has seen a decline from 230.5 in 1999 to 174.9 in 2017, which is a 24% decline.
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Stroke, CLRD, and unintentional injuries have death rates that are about one half to one quarter the death rates of heart disease and cancer.
Stroke death rates have declined drastically from 1999 to 2017. In most states, stroke has declined from the third leading cause of death to the fifth leading cause of death over this time period.
Unintentional injuries have increased drastically from 1999 to 2017. In most states, unintentional injuries have increased from the fifth leading cause of death to the third leading cause of death over this time period.
