North New Castle News

There were 1,974 Delaware residents who died of heart disease in 2016, a 1.8 percent increase over the previous year, according to data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics.

In 2015, 1,940 Delaware residents died of heart disease.

The National Center for Health Statistics is the nation’s primary health statistics agency. The CDC and other health-related organizations can use NCHS data for a variety of ends.

The following table shows total heart disease deaths by state in 2016 and 2015.

State	2016 deaths	2015 deaths
California	61,573	61,289
Florida	45,659	45,441
New York	44,076	44,450
Texas	43,772	43,298
Pennsylvania	31,990	32,042
Ohio	27,410	28,069
Michigan	25,304	24,794
Illinois	25,013	25,652
New Jersey	18,597	18,647
North Carolina	18,266	18,474
Georgia	18,143	17,769
Tennessee	15,429	15,730
Missouri	14,579	14,808
Virginia	14,124	14,077
Indiana	13,952	13,948
Alabama	12,832	12,981
Arizona	11,957	11,458
Massachusetts	11,921	12,130
Wisconsin	11,526	11,473
Maryland	11,390	11,481
Washington	11,161	11,025
Louisiana	10,943	10,665
Kentucky	10,519	10,077
Oklahoma	10,209	10,310
South Carolina	10,195	10,092
Arkansas	8,090	7,938
Mississippi	7,865	7,969
Minnesota	7,825	7,844
Colorado	7,277	7,009
Connecticut	7,051	7,205
Oregon	6,968	6,859
Iowa	6,937	6,813
Nevada	6,457	6,114
Kansas	5,672	5,624
West Virginia	4,767	4,727
New Mexico	3,800	3,508
Utah	3,636	3,598
Nebraska	3,322	3,591
Idaho	2,969	2,825
Maine	2,907	3,009
New Hampshire	2,631	2,571
Hawaii	2,488	2,605
Rhode Island	2,256	2,371
Montana	2,138	2,104
Delaware	1,974	1,940
South Dakota	1,729	1,711
District of Columbia	1,375	1,217
Vermont	1,366	1,311
North Dakota	1,338	1,323
Wyoming	1,051	1,030
Alaska	831	846