Table.
National Deaths, Years of Life Lost, Age-Standardized Mortality Rates, and Distribution of Age-Standardized Mortality Rates at the County Level, 2014
| Cause of Death | National Deaths, YLLs, and Mortality Rate | County-Level Mortality Rate | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths, No. in Thousands (Rank) | YLLs, No. in Thousands (Rank) | Mortality Rate, No. of Deaths/100 000 Population (Rank) | No. of Deaths/100 000 Population | 90th Minus 10th Percentile, No. of Deaths/100 000 Population (Rank)a | 90th/10th Percentile, Ratio (Rank)b | |||||
| Minimum | 10th Percentile | Median | 90th Percentile | Maximum | ||||||
| Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases | ||||||||||
| HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis | 8.6 (16) | 316.8 (15) | 2.7 (16) | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 65.7 | 3.0 (15) | 8.5 (1) |
| Diarrhea, lower respiratory, and other common infectious diseases | 100.4 (6) | 1423.7 (10) | 30.0 (6) | 9.1 | 20.9 | 32.2 | 46.7 | 90.8 | 25.8 (6) | 2.2 (9) |
| Neglected tropical diseases and malaria | 0.2 (21) | 4.9 (21) | 0.0 (21) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 (21) | 4.7 (3) |
| Maternal disorders | 1.1 (19) | 58.2 (18) | 0.3 (19) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 (19) | 2.6 (7) |
| Neonatal disorders | 10.4 (14) | 897.2 (13) | 3.3 (14) | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 3.1 (14) | 2.5 (8) |
| Nutritional deficiencies | 4.0 (18) | 51.2 (19) | 1.2 (18) | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 1.6 (17) | 2.9 (6) |
| Other communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases | 4.5 (17) | 120.1 (17) | 1.4 (17) | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 0.7 (18) | 1.8 (15) |
| Noncommunicable diseases | ||||||||||
| Neoplasms | 646.0 (2) | 12125.5 (1) | 192.0 (2) | 70.7 | 169.5 | 204.3 | 246.3 | 503.1 | 76.8 (2) | 1.5 (20) |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 846.3 (1) | 11735.8 (2) | 252.7 (1) | 77.0 | 209.2 | 272.3 | 356.2 | 545.2 | 147.0 (1) | 1.7 (18) |
| Chronic respiratory diseases | 177.3 (5) | 2522.2 (6) | 52.9 (5) | 14.3 | 44.1 | 62.5 | 85.2 | 161.0 | 41.1 (5) | 1.9 (13) |
| Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases | 56.2 (9) | 1474.1 (9) | 16.8 (9) | 6.7 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 25.5 | 192.6 | 14.0 (10) | 2.2 (10) |
| Digestive diseases | 47.4 (10) | 708.1 (14) | 14.2 (10) | 7.9 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 19.2 | 32.4 | 5.9 (12) | 1.4 (21) |
| Neurological disorders | 318.6 (3) | 2734.0 (4) | 95.4 (3) | 30.8 | 67.5 | 95.5 | 123.2 | 198.9 | 55.7 (3) | 1.8 (14) |
| Mental and substance use disorders | 43.1 (12) | 1775.6 (8) | 13.4 (12) | 3.0 | 6.5 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 73.2 | 15.0 (9) | 3.3 (4) |
| Diabetes, urogenital, blood, and endocrine diseases | 187.1 (4) | 3085.5 (3) | 55.9 (4) | 11.5 | 43.5 | 61.0 | 84.7 | 203.5 | 41.2 (4) | 1.9 (12) |
| Musculoskeletal disorders | 9.5 (15) | 184.8 (16) | 2.9 (15) | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 10.6 | 1.8 (16) | 1.8 (16) |
| Other noncommunicable diseases | 18.9 (13) | 943.8 (12) | 5.8 (13) | 2.9 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 16.7 | 3.7 (13) | 1.7 (17) |
| Injuries | ||||||||||
| Transport injuries | 44.5 (11) | 1877.4 (7) | 13.8 (11) | 4.5 | 11.9 | 22.3 | 35.0 | 91.6 | 23.1 (7) | 2.9 (5) |
| Unintentional injuries | 63.2 (7) | 1389.5 (11) | 19.1 (8) | 7.6 | 18.3 | 23.8 | 29.9 | 69.7 | 11.6 (11) | 1.6 (19) |
| Self-harm and interpersonal violence | 63.1 (8) | 2727.4 (5) | 19.6 (7) | 7.5 | 14.4 | 21.1 | 30.3 | 118.0 | 15.9 (8) | 2.1 (11) |
| Forces of nature, war, and legal intervention | 0.2 (20) | 6.9 (20) | 0.1 (20) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0.1 (20) | 4.8 (2) |
Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; YLLs, years of life lost.
a
Measure of absolute geographic inequality.
b
Measure of relative geographic inequality.