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Pick any of the ten leading causes and rank all 50 states and DC by its age-adjusted rate per 100,000, drawn live from the complete 9,690-record CDC WONDER grid (1999–2017).

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Result · Alzheimer's disease

Mississippi has the highest age-adjusted alzheimer's disease death rate at 49.6/100K - 3.8× New York, the lowest at 13.2. Across all 51 jurisdictions, alzheimer's disease accounted for 121,404 deaths in 2017.

49.6
Mississippi - highest /100K
13.2
New York - lowest /100K
32.1
average across states
3.8×
highest vs lowest gap

Source: CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death, 2017.

Alzheimer's disease rate distribution across 51 states, 2017

Where states cluster, the marker shows the national average

32.1 Lower than 45% lower than 45% of 51 states

13.0–18.0: 3 states (6%). Below this entry. 18.0–23.0: 8 states (16%). Below this entry. 23.0–28.0: 7 states (14%). Below this entry. 28.0–33.0: 7 states (14%). This entry sits in this band. 33.0–38.0: 14 states (27%). Above this entry. 38.0–43.0: 5 states (10%). Above this entry. 43.0–48.0: 6 states (12%). Above this entry. 48.0–53.0: 1 states (2%). Above this entry. US avg 13.0 53.0 every US state, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death · 2017

Alzheimer's disease death rates by state, 2017

# State Age-adj rate /100KDeaths
1 Mississippi 49.6 1,626
2 Tennessee 46.7 3,522
3 Washington 46.0 3,710
4 Georgia 46.0 4,290
5 Alabama 45.2 2,563
6 South Carolina 45.0 2,549
7 Louisiana 43.7 2,188
8 Vermont 42.9 370
9 Utah 42.1 991
10 Oklahoma 39.4 1,752
11 Arkansas 39.4 1,436
12 Texas 38.5 9,545
13 North Carolina 37.3 4,289
14 California 37.1 16,238
15 South Dakota 36.9 444
16 Idaho 36.6 672
17 North Dakota 36.5 387
18 Oregon 36.0 1,850
19 Iowa 35.3 1,597
20 Indiana 35.3 2,771
21 Arizona 35.1 3,058
22 Kentucky 35.0 1,765
23 Minnesota 34.9 2,474
24 Michigan 34.5 4,428
25 Colorado 34.2 1,830
26 Ohio 33.6 5,117
27 Wyoming 32.7 212
28 Missouri 32.3 2,545
29 Wisconsin 31.6 2,428
30 West Virginia 30.6 770
31 Delaware 30.6 377
32 Maine 30.4 601
33 Nebraska 28.5 698
34 Virginia 27.6 2,549
35 Rhode Island 27.3 435
36 Nevada 27.3 779
37 Illinois 25.6 4,021
38 New Hampshire 24.8 436
39 Kansas 24.3 894
40 New Jersey 23.6 2,829
41 New Mexico 22.7 572
42 Alaska 22.1 98
43 Pennsylvania 21.7 4,213
44 Montana 20.9 285
45 Florida 20.7 6,980
46 Connecticut 20.4 1,077
47 Massachusetts 19.9 1,841
48 Hawaii 19.7 465
49 District of Columbia 17.6 125
50 Maryland 17.1 1,191
51 New York 13.2 3,521

Source: CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death, 2017. Methodology.

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How should I read this lookup?

What does the age-adjusted rate mean?

It is deaths per 100,000 people, standardized to the year 2000 US population so states with older or younger populations can be compared fairly. The CDC uses the same standard.

Why do some states rank so much higher than others?

Cause-specific death rates reflect differences in risk factors, healthcare access, and prevention. Southern and rural states tend to rank higher for heart disease and several chronic causes; the gap between the highest and lowest state is often 2x or more.

What year is this data from?

This tool uses 2017, the latest year of finalized CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death data, which runs 1999 to 2017.