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The Virginia Community Health Atlas 2013, shows that Chesapeake has higher age adjusted
mortality rates than the Hampton Roads average for a number of chronic conditions.
Virginia Community Health Atlas, 2013
Age Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000
Virginia
Total
Hampton
Roads
Chesapeake
Norfolk Portsmouth
Virginia
Beach
Malignant Neoplasms
169.5
182.1
188.6
196.6
255.3
156.6
Heart Disease
161.3
172.7
181.6
205.5
190.5
137.7
Cerebrovascular Diseases
41.4
41.7
40.9
51.5
57
31.9
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases
38.4
42.5
39.6
48.9
42.9
40.8
Alzheimer's Disease
23
28.5
30.8
24.3
27.9
28.0
Nephritis and Nephrosis
17.6
20.9
22.0
27.2
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16.3
Diabetes Mellitus
19.4
24
25.6
29.9
32
16.3
Influenza and Pneumonia
17.4
16
16.1
15.7
--
15.4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Stroke
Diabetes Related
Mortality (deaths per 100,000 population)
County Median
Chesapeake Actual
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Chesapeake 8.1 8.1 9.1 9.5 9.7 9.1 9.4
Virginia
7.1 7.2 7.6 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.1
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Age-Adjusted Estimates of the Percentage
of Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes
(a)
