Women’s Health Dashboard
The SWHR Women’s Health Dashboard offers a platform to explore the latest national and state data on diseases and health conditions that have significant impacts on women’s health across the lifespan – including public health data, research investment and progress, health insurance coverage, and relevant policy implications and actions. SWHR aims to bring attention to these issues, highlight current opportunities to address these disparities in women’s health, and track progress regarding science, education, and health care policy outcomes.
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH & DISEASE BURDEN
Leading Causes of Death in U.S. Females, 2018, by Age
Note: Some disease names were abbreviated for readability (e.g., Breast cancer = Malignant neoplasms of the breast)
Source: CDC Wonder [1]
U.S. Leading Causes of Death, 2018, by Sex*
*From the Top 10 Leading Causes of Death for U.S. Females in each age group, 2018, only the diseases that have a higher percentage of deaths for females compared to males are presented in the table.
Source: Source: CDC Wonder [1]
U.S. Leading Causes of DALYs, U.S. Females, 2018 – Top 10 Diseases per Age Group
*Category includes diseases with ICD-10 codes: N60-N64, N75-N76, N80-N96, N98
Note: Accidents (unintentional injuries, 1520) and Intentional injuries (1600, including self-harm and assault) have been omitted from this list.
Source: WHO Global Health Estimates [2]
References
- United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Underlying Cause of Death by Single Race 2018-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2021. Data are compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Data for year 2018 are compiled from the Multiple Cause of Death File 2018, Series 20, No. 2X, 2020. Accessed at https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D76/D282F137 Accessed 20 July 2022.
- Global Health Estimates 2020: Disease burden by Cause, Age, Sex, by Country and by Region, 2000-2019. Geneva, World Health Organization; 2020.
INSIDE THE DASHBOARD
Five women’s health issues emerged as the focus areas of the Dashboard because they were the leading causes of death or disease burden for women, and/or they were the most disproportionate causes of death for women compared to men:
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Breast Cancer
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Depressive Disorders
- Ischemic Heart Disease
Diseases that Significantly Impact Women’s Health, 2018
*Source: CDC Wonder [1]
**Source: WHO Global Health Estimates [2]