This page contains local statistics from Metropolitan Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County

Nashville Disease Prevalence and Risk Factor Statistics

This page contains local statistics from Metropolitan Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County.

The difference in death rates is most striking for diabetes. Tennessee mortality rate data from 2001-2003 shows that African American death rates due to diabetes are nearly twice that of whites in the state of Tennessee and in Davidson County. In addition, it is apparent that African American females living in Davidson Country have the highest death rate from diabetes compared to African Americans and whites of both sexes living in the state of Tennessee.

Age-Adjusted Death Rates (per 100,000 persons) for individuals over the age of 18

Davidson County

	Black		White		Ratio
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Overall	1243.77	994.27	1126.3	1199.51	1.10	0.83
Diabetes	53.81	56.88	28.6	29.73	1.88	1.91
Heart Attack	62.09	86.43	93.09	82.85	0.67	1.04
Heart Disease	411.14	389.79	409.94	458.24	1.00	0.85
Stroke	71.74	70.82	59.07	109.61	1.21	0.65
Cancer	291.11	234.21	261.33	253.9	1.11	0.92
MVA	31.04	8.36	27.97	12.49	1.11	0.67

Tennessee

	Black		White		Ratio
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Overall	1327.26	1127.08	1300.27	1276.84	1.02	0.88
Diabetes	53.19	71.65	35.77	38.65	1.49	1.85
Heart Attack	88.58	88.25	136.49	115.52	0.65	0.76
Heart Disease	497.21	482.07	471.86	514.4	1.05	0.94
Stroke	83.57	100.32	68.06	113.43	1.23	0.88
Cancer	303.8	236.52	324.28	259.7	0.94	0.91
MVA	33.27	11.62	39.12	16.44	0.85	0.71

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Modifiable risk factors in Nashville were assessed in 2001-2004 through a telephone survey. Results show that North Nashville African American rates are higher than white rates for Davidson County with the exception of the African American female smoking rate. Overall, the North Nashville rates are higher than the Tennessee African American rates. The data also shows that while there are more overweight African Americans in North Nashville than in Tennessee, there are significantly more overweight African American females than African American males in North Nashville. In addition, African American diabetes rates in North Nashville for males and females are much higher than those of Whites in Davidson County or in Tennessee.

Modifiable Risk Factors

Risk Factor	North Nashville		Davidson County		Tennessee
Risk Factor	African American Males	African American Females	White	African American	White	African American
Smoking *^	27.4 %	21.1 %	22.9 %	23.8 %	25.3 %	20.4 %
Physical Inactivity*+^	45.0%	49.4 %	33.7%	51.6%	38.7%	49.8%
Overweight*+^	69.8 %	74.7 %	49.5 %	67.4 %	56.0 %	65.9 %
High blood pressure*^	48.3 %	54.3 %	30.9 %	35.7 %	34.3 %	40.2 %
High blood cholesterol^	35.6 %	35.7 %	32.0 %	30.2 %	34.6 %	25.9 %
Diabetes^	19.1 %	17.4 %	6.2 %	10.0 %	9.2 %	13.9 %

* p<0.05, North Nashville African American Males/Females

+ p<0.05, Davidson County White/African American

^ p<0.05, Tennessee White/African American

Individuals were defined as physically inactive if they did not engage in at least 10 minutes of moderate or vigorous activity more than 2 times per week.

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The map to the right shows the percentage of Nashville residents that are obese (BMI >30) by census track.

Maps of Risk Factors

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The map to the right shows the percentage of Nashville residents that are inactive by census track.

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The map to the right shows the percentage of Nashville residents that are smokers by census track.

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The map to the right shows the percentage of Nashville residents that have high cholesterol by census track.

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Nashville Disease Prevalence and Risk Factor Statistics