Table 1.
Relative increases in age-adjusted mortality rates between 1999 and 2017 by cause of death, adults ages 25–64 years, Appalachian states (N=13)
| Causes of death (ICD-10 codes) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| States | All-cause mortality | Accidental drug overdoses (X40–X44) | Alcoholic liver disease (K70) | Suicides (X60–84) | Hypertensive diseases (I10–I15) | Liver cancer (C22) | Obesity (E65–68) | Chronic lower respiratory disease (J40–J47) |
| AL | 5.9% (469.7, 497.4) | 577.2% (4.1, 27.9) | 50.0% (4.5, 6.8) | 44.5% (15.7, 22.7) | 58.9% (8.7, 13.8) | 33.5% (3.8, 5.1) | 167.5% (1.2, 3.1) | 37.0% (13.9, 19.0) |
| GA | −10.2% (426.9, 383.2) | 436.8% (4.2, 22.6) | 27.6% (4.9, 6.2) | 32.9% (13.4, 17.9) | 116.2% (8.6, 18.6) | 77.6% (2.5, 4.4) | 122.2% (1.4, 3.0) | −3.0% (13.4, 13.0) |
| KY | 20.3% (425.5, 511.7) | 929.1% (6.0, 61.9) | 66.2% (5.5, 9.1) | 50.9% (15.5, 23.4) | 218.9% (5.0, 15.9) | 86.5% (2.7, 5.1) | 180.0% (1.4, 3.9) | 35.7% (17.1, 23.2) |
| MD | −8.3% (381.5, 349.8) | 1705.3% (1.0, 17.2) | −30.7% (5.3, 3.7) | 27.3% (10.0, 12.7) | 51.7% (10.9, 16.6) | 88.6% (2.6, 4.9) | 75.9% (1.7, 2.9) | −25.5% (8.5, 6.3) |
| MS | 2.4% (516.9, 529.2) | 410.4% (3.6, 18.1) | 7.0% (5.5, 5.8) | 42.8% (14.2, 20.2) | 114.8% (12.0, 25.8) | 36.7% (4.2, 5.8) | 240.7% (1.5, 5.1) | 46.8% (12.5, 18.4) |
| NY | −21.3% (349.8, 275.3) | 289.2% (7.6, 29.5) | 4.9% (5.4, 5.6) | 39.3% (8.1, 11.2) | 31.3% (8.2, 10.7) | 20.5% (3.0, 3.7) | 133.6% (1.1, 2.5) | −25.1% (9.1, 6.8) |
| NC | −4.4% (401.2, 383.7) | 690.3% (4.7, 36.8) | 14.9% (7.0, 8.0) | 31.9% (14.4, 19.0) | 62.8% (6.2, 10.2) | 126.3% (2.1, 4.7) | 154.9% (1.3, 3.4) | 7.8% (12.3, 13.2) |
| OH | 18.8% (370.8, 440.4) | 1486.4% (4.9, 76.9) | 84.2% (4.6, 8.5) | 66.1% (11.9, 19.8) | 109.3% (5.9, 12.4) | 85.3% (2.4, 4.4) | 150.0% (1.3, 3.2) | 29.2% (11.9, 15.3) |
| PA | 2.8% (366.8, 377.1) | 660.4% (9.4, 71.1) | 53.7% (3.3, 5.0) | 45.5% (13.9, 20.3) | 100.3% (4.0, 8.1) | 80.1% (2.5, 4.5) | 91.7% (1.2, 2.3) | −11.1% (10.1, 8.9) |
| SC | −5.1% (470.0, 446.0) | 629.1% (4.4, 32.3) | 6.5% (9.6, 10.2) | 68.0% (13.6, 22.8) | 23.8% (8.4, 10.4) | 68.3% (3.3, 5.5) | 60.8% (1.3, 2.0) | 13.4% (13.8, 15.7) |
| TN | 7.3% (441.8, 474.2) | 622.3% (5.7, 41.5) | 50.1% (6.2, 9.4) | 32.7% (17.4, 23.0) | 73.5% (8.6, 14.9) | 135.8% (2.6, 6.1) | 289.7% (1.1, 4.2) | 33.3% (15.0, 20.0) |
| VA | −7.9% (347.9, 320.4) | 391.6% (5.6, 27.3) | 79.8% (3.3, 5.9) | 18.9% (14.8, 17.6) | 62.2% (5.1, 8.3) | 34.6% (3.0, 4.0) | 83.5% (1.2, 2.2) | −17.1% (10.2, 8.4) |
| WV | 33.8% (424.4, 567.9) | 3147.8% (3.0, 97.8) | 62.4% (5.8, 9.5) | 102.0% (15.3, 30.8) | 436.8% (3.0, 16.1) | 110.1% (2.4, 5.0) | NA (UR, 7.4) | 76.8% (13.8, 24.3) |
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999–2017 on CDC WONDER Online Database. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html. NA = not applicable, UR = unreliable (deaths counts too low for stable estimates).