Leading causes of death in Texas
- A total of 166,059 Texas residents died in 2010. The leading cause of death, diseases of the heart, accounted for 22.9 percent of those deaths, while the second most common cause of death, malignant neoplasms (cancer), accounted for 22.1 percent.
Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Mortality Narrative
www.dshs.texas.gov/chs/vstat/vs10/nmortal.shtm
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Table 19 Leading Causes of Death for Selected Years, Texas Residents. 1. Diseases of the Heart. 2. Malignant Neoplasms. 3. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 4 . Accidents and Adverse Effects.
Ten Leading Causes of Death (Hispanic) Texas Residents, 2015 (Rates per 100,000 Population) Rank. Cause. Number. Rate. Percent All Causes. 39,508. 359.2. 100.0. 1. Diseases of the Heart. 8,029. 73.0. 20.3. 2. Malignant Neoplasms. 7,681. 69.8. 19.4. 3. Accidents. 2,737. 24.9. 6.9. 4. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2,144. 19.5. 5.4. 5. Diabetes Mellitus. 1,885. 17.1. 4.8. 6. Alzheimer's Disease. 1,556. 14.1. 3.9. 7
FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH MALES AGES 75+ TEXAS RESIDENTS, 2014 (Rates per 100,000 Population) Cause Deaths Rate Percent; ALL CAUSES: 40,082: 7,929.40: 100: 1 Diseases of the Heart: 10,679: 2,112.60: 26.6: 2 Malignant Neoplasms [Cancer] 7,802: 1,543.50: 19.5: 3 Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases: 2,649: 524.1: 6.6: 4 Cerebrovascular Disease [Stroke] 2,371: 469.1: 5.9
In 2010, diseases of the heart claimed 38,096 lives (38,008 in 2009) and continued to be the leading cause of death followed by malignant neoplasms (cancer) with 36,652 deaths (35,531 in 2009). Diseases of the heart and malignant neoplasms have been the first and second leading causes of death in Texas and the nation since 1950.
TX Leading Causes of Death, 2017; TX Leading Causes of Death, 2017 Deaths Rate*** State Rank* U.S. Rate** 1. Heart Disease: 45,346: 169.2: 18th: 165.0: 2. Cancer: 40,668: 146.5: 37th: 152.5: 3. Stroke: 10,790: 41.3: 13th: 37.6: 4. Accidents: 10,763: 38.8: 45th: 49.4: 5. Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease: 10,650: 40.5: 31st: 40.9: 6. Alzheimer’s disease: 9,545: 38.5: 12th: 31.0: 7. Diabetes: 5,832: 21.2: 26th: 21.5: 8. Septicemia
Heart Disease. RANGE. Death Rate per 100,000 Age-Adjusted. LOW. HIGH. Texas. Heart Cancer Stroke Lung Accidents Diabetes Alzheimer's Influenza Kidney Blood Poisoning Suicide Hypertension Liver Parkinson's Homicide. ×.
texas deaths by age and gender Rank is determined by official CDC final death total and certain causes such as types of heart disease and cancer are split out for age adjusted death rate rankings. TEXAS
Diseases of the heart claimed 40,150 lives (38,987 in 2012) and continued to be the leading cause of death followed by malignant neoplasms (cancer) with 38,289 deaths (38,096 in 2012). Diseases of the heart and malignant neoplasms have been the first and second leading causes of death in Texas and the nation since 1950.