Top 10 US States by Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rate
CDC NCHS state-level heart-disease (ICD-10 I00-I09) mortality, age-adjusted per 100,000.
Research
Original data research from the PlainHealth. Every number here is pulled directly from our live database; nothing is hardcoded.
What can you learn from PlainHealth research?
What this research covers
PlainHealth research ranks states and causes from a CDC NCHS / WONDER mortality extract of 9,690 state-cause-year rows across 51 jurisdictions and 10 causes (1999–2017), answering one mortality-ranking question per study.
- 9,690
- mortality rows
- 51
- jurisdictions
- 10
- causes tracked
- 5
- published studies
Studies below answer one cause- or state-ranking question each from the live mortality extract; they are descriptive public-health summaries, not medical advice.
Download the compiled NCHS mortality extract: cdc-nchs-leading-causes.csv (same extract as /statistics).
What does the CDC mortality data reveal?
Top 10 US States by Cancer Mortality Rate
CDC WONDER state-level neoplasm (ICD-10 Chapter II) mortality, age-adjusted per 100,000.
Top 10 Leading Causes of Death in the United States
CDC WONDER national rollup of underlying-cause-of-death by ICD-10 chapter.
Top 10 US States by Suicide Mortality Rate
CDC NCHS state-level suicide (ICD-10 X60-X84) mortality, age-adjusted per 100,000. The ranking surfaces the well-documented Mountain West concentration.
Top 10 US States by Diabetes Mortality Rate
CDC NCHS state-level diabetes (ICD-10 E10-E14) mortality, age-adjusted per 100,000, concentrated across the Deep South and Appalachia.
Open Data
Download the compiled NCHS mortality extract as cdc-nchs-leading-causes.csv (same CSV as /statistics). When reusing the table, name PlainHealth as the compiler; underlying CDC NCHS / WONDER files remain public-source.