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Adults with High Blood
38.9% 36.8% 34.2% 27.9% 36.5% 32.3% 33.6%
Pressure (Hypertension)
Adults with High Cholesterol 30.0% 28.7% 34.7% 26.7% 36.5% 32.6% 51.5%
Adults with Kidney Disease 3.3% 3.1% 2.8% 2.6% 3.1% 2.6% 3.2%
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2019
https://www.cdc.gov/places/
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Status Indicators
https://www.kff.org/state-category/health-status/
Measures of mortality were also examined for HPHD, shown in Exhibit 6. These ranks are calculated based on premature
deaths in each city and county. Williamsburg, James City County, and York County rank in the first quartile (20%),
Poquoson ranks in the second, and Hampton and Newport News rank in the fourth quartile.
Exhibit 6. Mortality Ranking (2021)
City of
City of City of City of James City York
Indicator Newport
Hampton Poquoson Williamsburg County County
News
Mortality Ranking 85 69 22 13 11 7
Rank 7-16 16-33 33-59 59-85 85-129
Source: Greater Hampton Roads Community Indicator Dashboard, Community Data, Mortality Ranking, 2021
www.ghrconnects.org
As with morbidity, mortality was then broken into several causes, including Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes,
and heart disease, among others. It is important to note that data was limited for Poquoson and Williamsburg, and in
some cases, York County as well. This makes it difficult to compare mortality rates among HPHD’s 6 localities. As shown
in Exhibit 7, cancer and heart disease were the top two causes of death (per 100,000 population) in the HPHD. However,
rates of cancer deaths were significantly lower in Williamsburg than in the other five regions. On the other hand, deaths
from influenza, pneumonia, and suicide were lowest in HPHD’s 6 localities. Similar to morbidity measures, mortality rates
across all indicators were generally highest in Hampton and Newport News - with James City and York County mostly
experiencing the lowest rates of cause-specific mortality. Influenza and pneumonia deaths were higher in Virginia than for
the three HPHD localities that had available data for these deaths. Of note, drug and opioid-involved overdoses were
highest in Hampton and Newport News compared to available data in our other localities and Virginia.
Exhibit 7. Mortality Indicators (Deaths per 100,000 population) (2019-2020)
Note: Locality rates that were above Virginia state-level rates are highlighted in blue.
City of James
City of City of City of York
Indicators (all estimates) Newport City Virginia
Hampton Poquoson Williamsburg County
News County
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
31.4 32.7 40.9 - 31.3 27.9 27.6
due to Alzheimer’s Disease
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
177.9 185.7 168.8 77.7 144.8 121.9 152.4
Due to Cancer
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
due to Cerebrovascular 44.5 48.9 - 38.2 32.3 35.9 39.0
Disease (Stroke)
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
due to Chronic Lower 39.9 41.2 45.4 - 23.3 30.6 34.4
Respiratory Diseases
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
30.3 38.6 - - 11.2 21.4 23.5
due to Diabetes
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