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State Sees Reduction In Cancer, Heart Disease Deaths; North State Diverges

California Department of Public Health

 

A new report shows the two deadliest chronic diseases in the nation are killing fewer Californians, but the North State can’t claim the same progress. 

Reductions in coronary heart disease and cancer – which are the first and second leading causes of death in California and the nation – were the highlights of the new report. 

The 2015 County Health Status Profiles recently put out by the California Department of Public Health showed that in 2011 through 2013, deaths from coronary heart disease were reduced by nearly 9 percent in the state. Incidence of death from all types of cancers including breast, colorectal and prostate were also reduced with lung cancer death rates falling nearly 10 percent. 

CDPH says the numbers from the report are encouraging, but there’s still work to be done because the improvements don’t reflect all of the state’s communities – including many in Northern California.  

Eleven North State counties did not meet the national Healthy People 2020 Objective for cancer reduction. Ten failed to meet the coronary heart disease objective – 10 or fewer deaths per every 10,000 residents. 

The North State counties who topped the list at not meeting the latter objective included Sutter, Shasta, Modoc and Lake. Yuba County had the highest number of coronary heart disease related deaths at nearly 15 per every 10,000 residents. 

To see how all North State counties measure up or check local death rates for other chronic diseases, see the CDPH’s full report.

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