The Daily Breeze report states that coronary heart disease remained the number-one cause of death among Los Angeles County residents in 2017.
L.A. County's Department of Public Health released a report stating that in 2017 11,211 residents died from coronary heart disease. Those more than 11 thousand deaths account for 17.7% of all death in L.A., the report adds. Additionally, the 17.7% of deaths equates to a mortality rate of 102.9 deaths for every 100,000 residents.
The Daily Breeze report adds that the county public health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said the following in a statement:
“Mortality is one of the most important barometers of the health of our residents. These findings indicate clear areas of concern which require a collective response to the complex social conditions that contribute to the many health challenges we face as a county, especially for those residents experiencing the worst health outcomes.”
The report also adds that in L.A. County (2017), the top 10 causes of death are the following:
- Coronary heart disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Stroke
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Diabetes
- Lung cancer
- Pneumonia/influenza
- Colorectal cancer
- Liver disease/cirrhosis
- Hypertension.
The report from the country also notes that this actually a drop in deaths. The mortality rate of 102.9 deaths per 100,000 residents actually represents a 29% drop from 2008, when the rate was 145.6 deaths per 100,000 residents.
Additional notes from the report are the following: In terms of location, the mortality rate among residents of the Antelope Valley was 28% higher than the county average, and it is the only county region that showed a mortality rate increase between 2008 and 2017. The mortality rate among South Los Angeles residents was 20% higher than the county average.
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