Leading causes of death by race
Idaho, 2006-2010
Data source: Idaho Death Certificate File (Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare), corrected for misclassified AI/AN race
Rank / American Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White
1 / Heart disease 18.5% (131) / Cancer 22.5% (11,674)
2 / Cancer 16.8% (119) / Heart Disease 22.2% (11,522)
3 / Unintentional injury 11.2% (79) / Chronic lower respiratory disease 6.5% (3,393)
4 / Liver disease 7.3% (52) / Stroke 5.9% (3,080)
5 / Diabetes 6.0% (41) / Unintentional injury 5.5% (2,876)
6 / Suicide 5.1% (36) / Alzheimer’s disease 3.7% (1,940)
7 / Chronic lower respiratory disease 4.1% (29) / Diabetes 3.1% (1,583)
8 / Stroke 3.5% (25) / Suicide 2.3% (1,195)
9 / Influenza & pneumonia 2.3% (16) / Influenza & Pneumonia 2.0% (1,019)
10 / Nephritis 1.6% (11) / Nephritis 1.5% (766)
Total deaths / 708 / 51,944
(n) = number of deaths
Leading causes of death by age group
American Indian/Alaska Native, Idaho, 2006-2010
Data source: Idaho Death Certificate File (Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare), corrected for misclassified AI/AN race
Age group
Rank / <1 / 1-4 / 5-14 / 15-24 / 25-34 / 35-44 / 45-54 / 55-64 / 65+
1 / SIDS
(6) / Unintentional injury / Unintentional injury / Unintentional injury
(21) / Unintentional injury
(18) / Liver disease
(12) / Heart disease (23) / Cancer
(30) / Cancer
(75)
2 / Suicide
(13) / Suicide
(7) / Heart disease (11) / Liver disease (19) / Heart disease
(24) / Heart disease
(73)
3 / Homicide
(5) / Liver Disease
(6) / Unintentional injury
(11) / Unintentional injury
(10) / Liver disease
(9) / Diabetes
(24)
4 / Cancer / Suicide
(6) / T - Diabetes
(8) / Chronic lower respiratory
Disease
(7) / Chronic lower respiratory disease
(20)
5 / T - Cancer
(8) / Diabetes
(6) / Stroke
(15)
6 / Nephritis
(5) / Influenza & pneumonia
(8)
7 / T – Stroke, Suicide, Viral hepatitis / T- Liver disease, Septicemia
(6)
Total / 13 / 5 / 5 / 43 / 45 / 66 / 111 / 112 / 308
(n) = number of deaths; if no number specified, the number of cases is too small to report (<5)
T = one or more causes tied for position
Blue shading = chronic conditions with potentially modifiable risk factors
Leading causes of death by age group
Non-Hispanic White, Idaho, 2006-2010
Data source: Idaho Death Certificate File, Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare
Age group
Rank / <1 / 1-4 / 5-14 / 15-24 / 25-34 / 35-44 / 45-54 / 55-64 / 65+
1 / Congenital anomalies (133) / Unintentional injury
(48) / Unintentional injury
(59) / Unintentional injury
(325) / Unintentional injury
(298) / Unintentional injury
(331) / Cancer
(887) / Cancer
(2,076) / Heart disease (9,473)
2 / SIDS
(87) / Cancer
(9) / Cancer
(22) / Suicide
(152) / Suicide
(161) / Cancer
(228) / Heart disease (598) / Heart disease (1,197) / Cancer (8,343)
3 / Unintentional Injury
(18) / Homicide
(8) / Suicide
(15) / Cancer
(36) / Cancer
(71) / Suicide
(226) / Unintentional injury
(451) / Unintentional injury
(335) / Chronic lower respiratory disease
(2,959)
4 / Circulatory system disease
(16) / Congenital anomalies
(6) / Congenital anomalies
(11) / Homicide
(17) / Heart disease (49) / Heart disease (170) / Suicide
(245) / Chronic lower respiratory diseases
(307) / Stroke
(2,776)
5 / Homicide
(6) / Heart disease
(5) / Heart disease
(5) / Heart disease (14) / Homicide
(22) / Liver disease (53) / Liver disease (180) / Diabetes
(235) / Alzheimer’s (1,906)
6 / Influenza & pneumonia / Chronic lower respiratory disease / Congenital anomalies
(13) / Diabetes
(17) / Diabetes
(45) / Chronic lower respiratory disease
(103) / Suicide
(199) / Diabetes (1,180)
7 / Stroke
(7) / Influenza & pneumonia
(14) / Stroke
(31) / Diabetes
(102) / Liver disease
(183) / Unintentional injury
(1,011)
Total / 541 / 107 / 146 / 662 / 783 / 1,385 / 3,300 / 5,793 / 39,227
(n) = number of deaths; if no number specified, the number of cases is too small to report (<5)
T = one or more causes tied for position
Blue shading = chronic conditions with potentially modifiable risk factors