COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2022-2024
Mortality The following table shows age-adjusted mortality rates by several leading causes of death in each county and in each state in the service area:
BH Paducah Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates Age Adjusted Mortality Rates 2015-2019 Total Coronary Heart Disease Cancer COPD & Pneumonia Accidents Stroke Mental and behavioural disorders Diabetes All Other Causes Significantly Below KY Rates Significantly Above KY Rates
Ballard Graves Livingston Lyon Marshall McCracken Massac, IL 937.4 945.1 968 907.9 962.5 873.9 275.5 268.4 284.8 253 292.6 251 166.4 181.8 199.8 173.1 197.1 180.4 109.6 144.8 137.2 85.8 114.3 99.7 115.2 82.8 95.6 96.1 90.7 86.9 69.7 76.9 52.1 66.7 58.4 68.8 44.8 37.1 38.4 65 66.3 34.7 0 36.8 50.8 74 37.2 36.7 156.2 116.5 109.3 94.2 105.9 115.7
KY USA 924.7 726.3 255.4 218.6 190.9 156.4 104.4 70.2 95.7 70.2 62.7 55.1 51.2 34.5 43.5 33.0 120.8 88.2
Source: wonder.cdc.gov CDC Mortality Rates for 2015-2019
These rates are age-adjusted and signify the number of people who expired per 100,000 population. The numbers in green are significantly below the Kentucky or Illinois rates, while the numbers in red are significantly higher than the Kentucky or Illinois averages. These may indicate areas that are doing better (or worse) in the care of specific conditions. Thus, the overall low death rate due to cancer in the area may show that residents are seeking and receiving care quickly for cancer-related events, or they may be doing a better job of caring for themselves, thus reducing the number of cancer-related events overall. The data in the table is based on all deaths from the counties, Kentucky, and the U.S., from 2015 through 2019. Heart disease remains the No. 1 killer in the service area; however, the Centers for Disease Control has predicted that by 2025, the age-adjusted mortality rate for cancer will exceed that for cardiac-related deaths in more than half the counties in the U.S. Noteworthy is the number of age-adjusted deaths due to neurological events (strokes) – lower in the service area counties than the average rate in Kentucky. This is likely to be the result of education about stroke symptoms and rapid treatment, since the lifestyle choices that often lead to stroke are still prevalent in the area. The hospital actively promotes stroke outreach, education, and screenings. Baptist Health Paducah is the region’s only nationally certified stroke center, as well as the region’s only functioning primary certified stroke center. It has been recognized nationally as a Target Stroke Elite Plus Hospital, a distinguished designation that recognizes its ability to assess acute strokes very quickly and deliver clot-busting medications in an extremely timely manner. The hospital has hired a stroke coordinator. Baptist Health Paducah teaches how to recognize the symptoms of a stroke using the FAST acronym (Face, Arm, Speech, and Time) and to immediately call 9-1-1.
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