Table 1.
Redistribution proportions among records with heart failure as the underlying cause of death by state, sex, and race
| Underlying cause of death |
All records |
Maryland |
Minnesota |
Mississippi |
North Carolina |
Male |
Female |
Caucasian |
African American |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Lower respiratory infections |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
2.6 |
| Cancers |
6.7 |
6.4 |
6.9 |
7.5 |
5.9 |
7.2 |
6.2 |
6.4 |
8.4 |
| Diabetes |
4.9 |
5.1 |
5.7 |
4.4 |
4.7 |
5.1 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
7.8 |
| Coronary heart disease |
37.1 |
39.0 |
33.4 |
39.1 |
37.4 |
39.3 |
35.2 |
37.9 |
32.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease |
4.4 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
5.2 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
5.4 |
| Hypertensive heart and kidney disease |
4.5 |
4.2 |
3.3 |
6.7 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
5.1 |
3.8 |
8.7 |
| Cardiomyopathy |
3.3 |
3.5 |
1.9 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
5.4 |
| Other cardiovascular diseases |
10.8 |
10.8 |
14.4 |
6.8 |
11.6 |
9.9 |
11.7 |
11.4 |
7.5 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
8.0 |
7.4 |
7.9 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.5 |
4.9 |
| Digestive diseases |
2.3 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
| Other |
9.9 |
10.9 |
10.2 |
8.5 |
10.3 |
9.6 |
10.1 |
9.6 |
11.1 |
| Dementia |
2.7 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
1.9 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 |