My Healthy Community

Overview

Chronic Diseases are the leading causes of death nationally and in Delaware. Cardiovascular disease — including heart disease and stroke — is still the leading cause of death; cancer is second, followed by lung diseases and diabetes.

Key Data and Reports

Chronic Disease in Newark

Here, we highlight one key statistic from each topic. Click a table row to see more detailed data for the statistic. Or click on a link under "Topic Page" to view a statistic's corresponding topic page.

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Table Key

Topic Page	Indicator	Newark	% Change	Trendline
Asthma	Asthma Deaths age-adjusted rate per 10,000 population	0.0		Data loading for chart...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) percentage of adults aged 18+	4.4%	Decreased 14%(2019 to 2020)	Data loading for chart...
Cancer	Cancer Incidence rate per 100,000 people
Diabetes Prevalence	Diabetes Prevalence percentage of adults
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)	Hypertension percentage of adults
Myocardial Infarction	Myocardial Infarction Hospitalizations rate per 100,000 people aged 35+	117.5	Decreased 35%(2016 to 2021)	Data loading for chart...

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Additional Information

Chronic Disease in Newark

Data Sources

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013-2019

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CDC PLACES Small Area Estimates for Health Indicators

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES. 2020. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/places

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Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Citation: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. https://myhealthycommunity.dhss.delaware.gov/

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Hospital Discharge Data

Citation: Delaware Health and Social Services. 2015-2022. Hospital Discharge Data.

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Mortality

Citation: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Delaware Health Statistics Center.

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Privacy

In releasing this information, Delaware aims to provide information that can be helpful to local communities as they work to improve public health. However, the protection of the confidentiality of our citizens is of paramount importance. To that end, counts of less than 11 are not presented. An outside expert has reviewed the platform to ensure it complies with the HIPAA privacy rule (45 CFR 164.§514(b)).