Alabama is one of five states with the highest death rates in the U.S.
Now the Federal Government is out with a report identifying the reasons why.
The average age-adjusted death rates for all top five causes of death were higher for the five states with the highest rates than for the five states with the lowest rates.
●In 2017, the five leading causes of death were the same for both groups. Average age-adjusted death rates for the top five causes of death overall were 47% higher (568.5 compared with 387.3) for the five states with the highest rates compared with the five states with the lowest rates (Figure 4).
●For the states with the highest rates, average age-adjusted death rates were 46% higher for heart disease (217.3 and 149.2, respectively), 29% higher for cancer (178.5 and 138.8), and 39% higher for stroke (45.3 and 32.5) compared with the states with the lowest rates.
●Average age-adjusted death rates for chronic lower respiratory diseases in the states with the highest rates were double that of the lowest states (62.0 compared with 31.0), and rates for unintentional injuries were nearly double (65.5 compared with 35.8) in the highest-rate states compared with the lowest-rate states.
(Rates presented in this report are averages calculated by dividing the total number of deaths by the total population for a group of five states with the highest age-adjusted death rates (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia) and for a group of five states with the lowest age-adjusted death rates (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, and New York), using postcensal population estimates as of July 2017.)
The average age-adjusted death rates for all top five causes of death were higher for the five states with the highest rates than for the five states with the lowest rates.
●In 2017, the five leading causes of death were the same for both groups. Average age-adjusted death rates for the top five causes of death overall were 47% higher (568.5 compared with 387.3) for the five states with the highest rates compared with the five states with the lowest rates (Figure 4).
●For the states with the highest rates, average age-adjusted death rates were 46% higher for heart disease (217.3 and 149.2, respectively), 29% higher for cancer (178.5 and 138.8), and 39% higher for stroke (45.3 and 32.5) compared with the states with the lowest rates.
●Average age-adjusted death rates for chronic lower respiratory diseases in the states with the highest rates were double that of the lowest states (62.0 compared with 31.0), and rates for unintentional injuries were nearly double (65.5 compared with 35.8) in the highest-rate states compared with the lowest-rate states.(Rates presented in this report are averages calculated by dividing the total number of deaths by the total population for a group of five states with the highest age-adjusted death rates (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia) and for a group of five states with the lowest age-adjusted death rates (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, and New York), using postcensal population estimates as of July 2017.)
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