Compare states by cause

According to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, age-adjusted death rates vary widely between states — drawn from a complete 9,690-record grid covering 51 jurisdictions and 19 years (1999–2017). Choose a cause and up to four states below to compare their rates and national rank side by side, sourced from the CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death database. See the methodology for how rates are age-adjusted for fair comparison.

Cause of death Alzheimer's diseaseCLRDCancerDiabetesHeart diseaseInfluenza and pneumoniaKidney diseaseStrokeSuicideUnintentional injuries

State 1 — none — AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming State 2 — none — AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming State 3 — none — AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming State 4 — none — AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

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Alzheimer's disease: Maryland (2017)

State	Deaths	Rate /100K	National rank
Marylandlowest rate	51	17.1	50 of 51

Rank 1 = highest age-adjusted rate. Source: CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death, 2017. Methodology.

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How does this comparison work?

How are states ranked?

Each state is ranked 1 (highest rate) to 51 (lowest) on its age-adjusted death rate for the chosen cause, so a lower rank number means a worse outcome for that cause.

Why compare age-adjusted rates instead of raw deaths?

Raw deaths mostly track population size, so a big state always looks worse. Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 remove both population size and age structure, which is the fair way to compare states.

What year and source?

CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death, 2017 (the series runs 1999 to 2017).