State mortality · CDC NCHS 2017
Hawaii - Mortality Statistics
8,594 deaths in 2017 across 10 tracked causes, at a state average age-adjusted rate of 44.2 per 100,000.
Data updated 2017-12-31
- 8,594
- Deaths, 2017
- Heart disease
- Leading cause
- −20%
- vs national avg
- 44.2
- Avg age-adj /100K
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Below national mean rate
What this means: Hawaii's mean age-adjusted rate runs 20% below the national figure (44.2 vs 55.5/100K). A double-digit-plus gap below the national figure is a notably strong aggregate result, though it's still worth checking whether every leading cause shares in the advantage or just the largest one.
Lower-rate third on mean age-adjusted leading causes (2017). Heart disease still leads locally. Rates are CDC WONDER age-adjusted; see /methodology#corpus-placement.
Source: CDC WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death (CDC NCHS / NVSS), 2017. Age-adjusted rates allow fair comparison across states.
FIPS 15 · CDC WONDER 2017
Mortality desk for Hawaii
2017: 8,594 deaths across 10 tracked causes at 44.2/100K mean age-adjusted · corpus #51/51 · 20% below US avg. Nearest rate peer: Connecticut (+2.0/100K).
Hawaii in the lower-rate third
In 2017, CDC WONDER tallied 8,594 deaths in Hawaii across 10 tracked cause-of-death categories. Heart disease led the record with 2,575 deaths at an age-adjusted rate of 129.8 per 100,000, placing Hawaii at #49 of 51 states for this cause, where a higher rank corresponds to a higher rate. The top five causes accounted for 7,017 deaths (81.6% of the state total). That mean rate lands in the lower third of the 2017 corpus.
A double-digit-plus gap below the national figure is a notably strong aggregate result, though it's still worth checking whether every leading cause shares in the advantage or just the largest one.
Mean-rate neighbourhood around Hawaii
The 5 Leading Causes of Death
The five leading causes account for 7,017 deaths (81.6% of all deaths) in Hawaii.
Every Cause of Death Tracked in Hawaii, 2017
| # | Cause of death | Deaths | % of total | Age-adj /100K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heart disease | 2,575 | 30.0% | 129.8 |
| 2 | Cancer | 2,456 | 28.6% | 128.6 |
| 3 | Stroke | 764 | 8.9% | 37.5 |
| 4 | Influenza and pneumonia | 637 | 7.4% | 29.6 |
| 5 | Unintentional injuries | 585 | 6.8% | 35.7 |
| 6 | Alzheimer's disease | 465 | 5.4% | 19.7 |
| 7 | CLRD | 378 | 4.4% | 19.0 |
| 8 | Diabetes | 299 | 3.5% | 15.9 |
| 9 | Suicide | 227 | 2.6% | 15.2 |
| 10 | Kidney disease | 208 | 2.4% | 10.7 |
Hawaii's causes, plotted by count and by rate
10 causes of death in Hawaii plotted by total deaths against the age-adjusted rate per 100,000. Death count and age-adjusted rate move together across Hawaii's causes (r=1.00) -- the causes with the most deaths here also tend to carry the highest per-capita rate.
Causes of death in Hawaii by deaths and age-adjusted rate: Heart disease, 2575 deaths, 129.8 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Cancer, 2456 deaths, 128.6 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Stroke, 764 deaths, 37.5 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Influenza and pneumonia, 637 deaths, 29.6 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Unintentional injuries, 585 deaths, 35.7 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Alzheimer's disease, 465 deaths, 19.7 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. CLRD, 378 deaths, 19 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Diabetes, 299 deaths, 15.9 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Suicide, 227 deaths, 15.2 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate. Kidney disease, 208 deaths, 10.7 per 100,000 age-adjusted rate.
The Trend Line Behind This Data
Show the full 19-year data table (deaths, rate, year-over-year change)
| Year | Total Deaths | Avg Age-Adj Rate | Deaths YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6,489 | 53.9 | - |
| 2000 | 6,493 | 52.8 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 6,513 | 51.1 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 6,774 | 51.7 | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 6,902 | 51.2 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 6,837 | 49.3 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 6,807 | 47.5 | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 6,842 | 46.6 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 6,899 | 45.9 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 6,952 | 45.0 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 7,269 | 45.7 | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 7,003 | 43.1 | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 7,214 | 42.8 | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 7,427 | 42.6 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 7,601 | 43.0 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 7,929 | 43.7 | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 8,315 | 44.4 | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 8,109 | 42.6 | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 8,594 | 44.2 | +6.0% |
Nearby States & Comparisons
Hawaii has no bordering states tracked in this dataset. Compare its leading causes against any other state below.
States with similar CDC WONDER rates
Two non-border peer sets for Hawaii in 2017, drawn from the lower-rate third's nearest neighbors on published age-adjusted rates. Border neighbors stay in the table above.
Closest match: mean leading-cause rate
Nearest jurisdictions by mean age-adjusted rate across leading causes (44.2/100K here), excluding bordering states.
Peer states by suicide rate (X60-X84)
Nearest jurisdictions by suicide age-adjusted rate, excluding the mean-rate peer set and bordering states.
Data source & methodology
Rates are per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted rates use the year 2000 US standard population. Data covers 1999-2017. Source: CDC WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death (CDC NCHS / NVSS).
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
According to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, PlainHealthData's mortality figures are rendered directly from 9,690 official state-year-cause records (NCHS Leading Causes of Death for calendar years 1999-2017). June 2026 is when this portal last verified that frozen CDC file is intact; it is not a newer claims year. No figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our data changelog, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of 2017.