Distinct causes of death in the United States by state 2001-2010

Published by Statista Research Department, May 14, 2015
This statistic displays the most distinct causes of death in U.S. states between 2001 and 2010. During this time, the most distinct cause of death in Alabama was due to accidental discharge of firearms, causing 348 deaths. However, cardiovascular disease and cancer are the main causes of death in the United States.

Most distinct causes of death in U.S. states between 2001 and 2010*

State (Cause of death)Number of deaths
Alabama (accidental discharge of firearms) 348
Alaska (water, air and apce, and other and unspecified transport accidents) 270
Arizona (discharge of firearms, undetermined intent) 147
Arkansas (discharge of firearms, undetermined intent) 73
California (hyperplasia of prostate) 937
Colorado (atherosclerosis) 3,457
Connecticut (inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs) 19
Delaware (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) 3,299
District of Columbia (HIV) 1,977
Florida (HIV) 15,563
Georgia (unclassified symptoms, signs, abnormal clinical and laboratory findings) 18,434
Hawaii (other nutritional deficiencies) 26
Idaho (water, air and apce, and other and unspecified transport accidents) 207
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2State (Cause of death)Number of deaths34834827027014714773739379373,4573,45719193,2993,2991,9771,97715,56315,56318,43418,434262620720712121,7171,7172626464644944922221541546,5886,5883,0773,07737,29237,292282818183131111132328282141418,35318,35377779797103103838373738,6238,6231101101,4701,4705895892,0942,0941411413363366796792,3802,38016165,1365,136474788288226264949Alabama (accidental discharge of firearms)Alaska (water, air and apce, and other and unspecified transportaccidents)Arizona (discharge of firearms, undetermined intent)Arkansas (discharge of firearms, undetermined intent)California (hyperplasia of prostate)Colorado (atherosclerosis)Connecticut (inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs)Delaware (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease)District of Columbia (HIV)Florida (HIV)Georgia (unclassified symptoms, signs, abnormal clinical andlaboratory findings)Hawaii (other nutritional deficiencies)Idaho (water, air and apce, and other and unspecified transportaccidents)Illionois (other disorders of kidney)Indiana (other unspecified events of undetermined intent)Iowa (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections)Kansas (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections)Kentucky (pneumoconioses and chemical effects)Louisiana (syphilis)Maine (influenza)Maryland (other unspecified events of undetermined intent)Massachusetts (other unspecified events of undetermined intent)Michigan (Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease)Minnesota (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections)Mississippi (other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid,hematopoietic and related tissue)Missouri (meningococcal infection)Montana (acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and nephroticsyndrome)Nebraska (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections)Nevada (legal intervention)New Hampshire (other nutritional deficiencies)New Jersey (septicemia)New Mexico (legal intervention)New York (inflammatory disease of female pelvic organs)North Carolina (other nutritinal deficiencies)North Dakota (influenza)Ohio (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections)Oklahoma (other acute ischemic heart diseases)Oregon (legal intervention)Pennsylvania (pneumoconioses and chemical effects)Rhode Island (other and unspecified events of undetermined intent)South Carolina (other acute ischemic heart diseases)South Dakota (influenza)Tennessee (accidental discharge of firearms)Texas (tuberculosis)Utah (other and unspecified events of undetermined intent)Vermont (other nutritional deficiencies)Virginia (other acute ischemic heart diseases)Washington (meningococcal infection)West Virginia (pneumoconioses and chemical effects)Wiconsin (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections)Wyoming (influenza)
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May 2015

Region

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Survey time period

2001 to 2010

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* The statistic does not show the main cause of death by state, which is basically heart disease or cancer. What it shows is the cause of death in each state that stands out most relative to its national average.

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