The Demographics of Diseases in the U.S.

ΤΗ Ε DE ΜO G R A Ρ Η Ι C S DISEASES IN THE U.5. OF THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISEASES AFFECT INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT WAYS BASED ON GENDER, RACE, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND AGE STATISTICS OF DISEASES – OVERALL IN UNITED STATES HEART DISEASE | HYPERTENSION | STROKE 13% WORLDWIDE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH 700,000+ ANNUAL AVERAGE OF H EART ATTACKS 67% PREVENTABLE DEATHS DUE TO LIFESTYLE, OBESITY OR LACK OF MEDICATION GENDER: MEN MORE AFFECTED THAN WOMEN 39% MEN 35% WOMEN RACE 30% AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN 35% AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN CAUCASIANS 22% HISPANICS 19% AGE 4% ADULTS 44 OR YOUNGER LEAST AFFECTED BY HEART DISEASE 23% ADULTS 44+ MORE AFFECTED BY HEART DISEASE 73% ADULTS 75+ MOST AFFECTED BY HYPERTENSION AND STROKE CANCER CAUCASIANS MORE AFFECTED (9%) THAN AFRICAN AMERICANS (5%) OR HISPANICS (4%) 2012 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE DIED FROM LUNG-RELATED CANCERS (TRACHEAL + BRONCHIAL) – 3% OF TOTAL CANCER-RELATED DEATHS 8% OF U.S. ADULTS 21% PREVENTABLE DEATHS LINKED ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A CANCER TOLIFESTYLE CHOICES (BEFORE AGE 80) AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES FEMALES 1% MORE AFFECTED OVERALL, MEN 13% MORE LIKELY TO GET COLORECTAL CANCER 2013 MOST COMMON NEW CANCER DIAGNOSES MALE LUNG | PROSTATE | COLORECTUM FEMALE BREAST | LUNG | COLORECTUM SENIORS MOST AFFECTED 28% 7% SENIORS AGED 75+ AGED 65 - 74 LUNG DISEASE COPD | EMPHYSEMA | CHRONIC BRONCHITIS | ASTHMA HIGHEST RATES IN WOMEN AGED 65-74 AND MEN AGED 75-84 5% 39 /% PREVENTABLE DEATHS 2012: WORLDWIDE CAUSE OF DEATH (BEFORE AGE 80) 12.5 MILLION 25% WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 2011: ADULTS AFFECTED IN U.S. ASTHMA OR SINUSITIS HIV STAGES 1,2 AND3 (AIDS) AFRICAN AMERICAN (47%) | CAUCASIAN (28%) | HISPANIC (21%) | ASIAN (2%) 1.2 MILLION DIAGNOSED 207,000+ UNDIAGNOSED ONLY 36% ADULTS TESTED FOR HIV 44% 50,000 BETWEEN AGE 20-34 AVERAGE ANNUAL DIAGNOSES 2013 1.5 MILLION DIED FROM AIDS (2.5%+ WORLDWIDE) 27.000 FROM U.S. +WESTERN EUROPE (STH LARGEST REGION) 62% 27% MALE-TO-MALE MALE-TO-FEMALE ALZHEIMER'S DEATH RATE DISPARITY: CAUCASIANS 26% MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM ALZHEIMER'S THAN AFRICAN AMERICANS, 43% MORE LIKELY THAN HISPANICS DIAGNOSIS DISPARITY: AT AGE 85+, AFRICAN AMERICANS (58%) AND HISPANICS (63%) ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S AS CAUCASIANS (30%) 2013 5.2 MILLION U.5. RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S ONLY 200,000 0OF THESE ARE YOUNGER THAN AGE 65 30% 5H TOP CAUSE OF DEATH IN SENIORS (65+) MORE LIKELY TO DIE SENIORS AGE 85+ ARE FROM ALZHEIMER'S THAN MEN 5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF ALZHEIMER'S THAN SENIORS 75-84 WESTERN STATES 9% STROKE WASHINGTON HEART DISEASE/ LOWEST RATES: UTAH, COLORADO HIGHEST RATES: NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, OREGON WYOMING NEW MEXICO NEVADA CANCER UTAH COLORADO CALIFORNIA LOWEST RATE FOR LUNG CANCER: UTАН (34/100,000 MEN) NEW MEXICO LOWEST RATE FOR BREAST CANCER: ARIZONA (107/100,000 WOMEN) AFRICAN AMERICAN WORST DEATH RATES: CALIFORNIA (202+/100,000) ALASKA LOWEST DEATH RATES FOR FEMALE BREAST CANCER: 20.3/100,000 HAWAII COLORECTAL CANCER AND LUNG CANCER: 31/10,000 WOMEN, 44/10,000 MEN LUNG DISEASE 3.3% MEN AFFECTED IN WASHINGTON (LOWEST) ASTHMA: 54% REGIONALLY (HIGHEST) HIVZAIDS 2011: SECOND LOWEST AVERAGE REGIONAL RATE OF AIDS (7.5 PER 100,000) HIGHEST RATES: 39% CAUCASIAN CALIFORNIA (#1 OF 50 STATES) AND NEVADA 34% HISPANIC LOWEST RATES: ALASKA, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, OREGON 19% AFRICAN AMERICAN ALZHEIMER'S 2025: PROJECTED S0% INCREASE OF ALZHEIMER'S-RELATED DEATHS LOWEST RATES: HIGHEST RATE: HAWAII, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO WASHINGTON (43/10,000) (10-17/10,000) * MIDWESTERN STATES * NORTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA SOUTH DAKOTA IOWA NEBRASKA INDIANA ILLINDIS KANSAS OKLAHOMA HEART DISEASE/ STROKE CANCER HIGHEST DEATH RATES: BREAST CANCER (22/100,000 WOMEN) LOWEST RATES: KANSAS, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA HIGHEST RATES: OKLAHOMA, INDIANA, ILLINOIS CITIES WITH HIGHEST RATES OF HEART ATTACKS: DAVENPORT-MOLINE-ROCK ISLAND IN IOWA/ILLINOIS (6.7% OF RESIDENTS) LUNG CANCER (40/100,000 WOMEN) COLORECTAL (19/100,000 MEN) (13/100,000 WOMEN) LUNG DISEASE 4% WOMEN AFFECTED IN MINNESOTA (LOWEST) ASTHMA: 49% REGIONALLY HIV/AIDS 2011: LOWEST AVERAGE REGIONAL RATE OF HIV (9.3 PER 100,000 RESIDENTS) LOWEST RATES: 51% AFRICAN AMERICAN IOWA, MINNESOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA 35% CAUCASIAN ALZHEIMER'S PROJECTED DOUBLING OF ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS: IDAHO LOWEST RATES: HIGHEST RATES: ILLINOIS (21/10,000) NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA (36/10,000) * NORTHEASTERN STATES * 10.1% HEART DISEASE/ STROKE (REGIONALLY) LOWEST RATES: NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT MAINE CITIES WITH HIGHEST RATES OF HEART ATTACKS: READING IN PA (6% OF RESIDENTS) + UTICA-ROME IN NY (6.6%) VERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW YORK MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT MARYLAND DELAWARE WASHINGTON D.C CANCER LOWEST DEATH RATE: HIGHEST INCIDENCE RATE: PROSTATE CANCER (20/100,000 MEN) BREAST CANCER (130/100,000 WOMEN) BREAST CANCER - CONNECTICUT (137/100,000 WOMEN) PROSTATE CANCER (144/100,000 MALE) LUNG DISEASE 3.5% WASHINGTON D.C. MEN AFFECTED BY COPD (LOWEST) ASTHMA: 47% REGIONALLY (LOWEST) HIV/AIDS 2011: SECOND HIGHEST AVERAGE REGIONAL RATE OF AIDS (12.3 PER 100,000) HIGHEST RATES: 48% AFRICAN AMERICAN WASHINGTON D.C., NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, DELAWARE, MARYLAND 27% HISPANIC 22% CAUCASIAN CITY WITH HIGHEST AIDS RATE: BALTIMORE, MD LOWEST RATES: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT ALZHEIMER'S PROJECTED DOUBLING OF ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS: IDAHO LOWEST RATE: HIGHEST RATE: NEW YORK (11/10,000) VERMONT (30/10,000) SOUTHERN STATES WORST REGION FOR DEATHS RELATED TO HEART DISEASE + STROKE, CANCER, LUNG DISEASE AND AIDS 12.2% HEART DISEASE/ STROKE (REGIONALLY) LOWEST RATES: FLORIDA, VIRGINIA HIGHEST RATES: ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE "STROKE BELT BUCKLE" STATES WITH 40% HIGHER RATES THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE: WEST VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA KENTUCKY VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE ARKANSAS SOUTH CAROLINA ALABAMA GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI TEXAS LOUISIANA FLORIDA CANCER LOWEST INCIDENCE RATES: HIGHEST DEATH RATE: FEMALE BREAST CANCER (116/100,000) PROSTATE CANCER (21/100,000 MALE) LUNG CANCER (65/100,000 MALE) HIGHEST RATE FOR LUNG CANCER + SMOKING PREVALENCE: KENTUCKY (128 PER 100,000 MEN) LUNG DISEASE 9% OF KENTUCKY & ALABAMA MEN AFFECTED BY COPO (HIGHEST) 11.5% TENNESSEE WOMEN (HIGHEST) | ASTHMA: 53% REGIONALLY HIV/AIDS 2011: HIGHEST AVERAGE REGIONAL RATE OF HIV (20.9 PER 100,000) HIGHEST RATES: ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, CITY WITH HIGHEST AIDS RATE: BATON ROUGE FLORIDA, GEORGIA, NORTH & 5OUTH CAROLINA, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE LOWEST RATE: WEST VIRGINIA 62% AFRICAN AMERICAN 22% CAUCASIAN OF NEW HIV AND AIDS 50% ALMOST DIAGNOSES FROM THIS REGION HIGHEST FATALITY RATES ALZHEIMER'S 2025: PROJECTED S0% INCREASE OF ALZHEIMER'S-RELATED DEATHS LOWEST RATE: HIGHEST RATE: FLORIDA (18/10,000) TENNESSEE (38/10,000) UF ONLINE UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA ufonline.ufl.edu SOURCES http://www.cdc.gov/hivistatistics/basics/ http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db116.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_260.pdf http://www.healthline.com/health/top-10-deadliest-diseases#7 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824495 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdt/other/su6203.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/basics/geographicdistribution.html http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/vital_signs.htm http://nccd.cdc.gov/DHDSP_DTM/LocationSummary.aspx?state=Northeast http://www.alz.org/downloads/facts_figures_2012.pdf http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/127/1/e6.long http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/data/geographic.htm http://www.lung.org/finding-cures/our-research/trend-reports/copd-trend-report.pdf http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2013/07/25/cities-with-most-heart-attacks/2583223/ http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-usa.htm http://southernaidsstrategy.org/research/ http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/hivfactsheets/todaysepidemic-508. pdf http://www.alz.org/downloads/facts_figures_2013.pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.3322/caac.21166/asset/21166_ftp.paf.jsessionid O+