215 residents die of kidney disease in Hawaii in 2016

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There were 215 Hawaii residents who died of kidney disease in 2016, a 6.4 percent increase over the previous year, according to data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics.

In 2015, 202 Hawaii residents died of kidney 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 kidney disease deaths by state in 2016 and 2015.

Total kidney disease deaths by state
State 2016 deaths 2015 deaths
Texas 4,125 4,052
California 3,640 3,557
Florida 3,144 3,203
Pennsylvania 2,813 3,021
Illinois 2,518 2,543
New York 2,385 2,245
Ohio 2,262 2,100
North Carolina 2,002 1,821
Georgia 1,864 1,881
Michigan 1,791 1,921
Virginia 1,543 1,470
New Jersey 1,535 1,582
Missouri 1,483 1,483
Indiana 1,411 1,450
Louisiana 1,153 1,160
Tennessee 1,150 1,090
Massachusetts 1,139 1,228
Kentucky 1,034 998
Alabama 1,012 1,040
Wisconsin 960 996
South Carolina 897 886
Maryland 823 834
Mississippi 763 731
Arkansas 722 707
Minnesota 588 639
Oklahoma 577 616
Connecticut 570 584
Kansas 533 582
Washington 532 474
Colorado 491 458
Arizona 487 458
West Virginia 481 510
Oregon 398 409
Utah 370 363
Iowa 352 336
New Mexico 293 316
Nevada 274 316
Maine 239 211
Nebraska 220 264
Hawaii 215 202
Delaware 208 174
Idaho 190 154
New Hampshire 161 194
Montana 155 121
Rhode Island 141 142
North Dakota 106 118
South Dakota 90 79
Wyoming 66 86
District of Columbia 57 65
Alaska 53 50
Vermont 30 39


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