This indicator reports the 2019-2023 five-year average rate of death due to firearm wounds per 100,000 population, which includes gunshot wounds from powder-charged handguns, shotguns, and rifles. Figures are reported as crude rates. This indicator is relevant because firearm deaths are preventable and they are a cause of premature death. Note: Data are suppressed for…
The data on deaths comes from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), compiled by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. This system includes information from death certificates completed by state vital records offices, covering causes of death reported by physicians, medical examiners, and coroners. The data is presented as rates per 100,000 people at…
This indicator reports the 2019-2023 five-year average rate of death due to heart disease (ICD10 Codes I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I151) per 100,000 population. Figures are reported as crude rates. Rates are resummarized for report areas from county level data, only where data is available. This indicator is relevant because heart disease is a leading cause…
The data on deaths comes from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), compiled by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. This system includes information from death certificates completed by state vital records offices, covering causes of death reported by physicians, medical examiners, and coroners. The data is presented as rates per 100,000 people at…
This indicator reports the 2019-2023 five-year average rate of death due to opioid drug overdose per 100,000 population. Figures are reported as crude rates. Rates are resummarized for report areas from county level data, only where data is available. This indicator is relevant because opioid drug overdose is the leading cause of injury deaths in…
This indicator reports average rate of death due to intentional self-harm (suicide), alcohol-related disease, and drug overdose, also known as “deaths of despair”, per 100,000 population. Figures are reported as crude rates. Rates are resummarized for report areas from county level data, only where data is available. This indicator is relevant because death of despair…