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What's killing DeKalb County residents?
According to Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) interactive dashboard on mortality rates, the No. 1 cause of death for DeKalb's residents are heart attacks, strokes and other issues connected to cardiovascular disease.
What's the leading cause of death for DeKalb County residents before the age of 75?
According to Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) interactive dashboard on mortality rates, the No. 1 cause of death for DeKalb's residents are heart attacks, strokes and other issues connected to cardiovascular disease.
The latest available data on mortality rates shows that in 2014, DeKalb County residents died from cardiovascular issues at a rate of 175.2 per 100,000 residents. Cancer was the second-leading cause of death with county residents dying at a rate of 141.8 per 100,000.
The ARC obtained the data from the Georgia Department of Public Health. To learn more about the causes of death, teen pregnancy rates and more across 20 metro Atlanta counties, peruse the complete interactive dashboard on the ARC website.
Across the 20 metro Atlanta counties, cardiovascular disease, cancers and respiratory disease have been the leading causes of death for metro Atlantans since 1997. However, age-adjusted death rates for both whites and blacks have dropped.
Mortality rates by cause of death in DeKalb County in 2014 (number of deaths per 100,000 population)
1. Cardiovascular (175.2)
2. Cancer (141.8)
3. External Causes (47.2)
4. Mental and behavioral disorders (47.1)
5. Respiratory (42.8)
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