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Table 9. Deaths andDeathRates
a
for theTenLeadingCauses ofDeath
b
amongAdultsAge 65
andOlder, Arizona 2012 andUnitedStates 2011 (Preliminary)
Arizona 2012
National 2011 (prelim)
Rank
c
(AZ)
Rank
(US)
Count
Rate SE
Count
Rate SE
?
?All causes
34,958 3,716.9 19.9 1,830,553 4,422.3 3.3
1
1Diseases of heart
8,449 898.3 9.8 476,220 1,150.5 1.7
2
2Malignant neoplasms
7,729 821.8 9.3 396,126 957.0 1.5
3
3Chronic lower respiratorydiseases
2,746 292.0 5.6 122,381 295.6 0.8
4
5Alzheimer's disease
2,129 226.4 4.9 83,746 202.3 0.7
5
4Cerebrovascular diseases
1,774 188.6 4.5 109,393 264.3 0.8
6
7Influenza and pneumonia
1,210 128.7 3.7 45,321 109.5 0.5
7
6DiabetesMellitus
1,148 122.1 3.6 52,068 125.8 0.6
8
8Accidents (unintentional injuries)
999 106.2 3.4 42,635 103.0 0.5
9
9Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 373
39.7 2.1 37,927 91.6 0.5
10
10Septicemia
238
25.3 1.6 26,596 64.3 0.4
Notes:
a
Rates per 100,000 population in specified group;
b
Diseases of heart: I00?I09, I11, I13, I20?I51;Malignant neoplasms: C00?C97, Chronic lower respiratory
diseases: J40?J47;Cerebrovascular diseases: I60?I69;Alzheimer?s disease:G30; Diabetesmellitus: E10?E14; Influenza and pneumonia: J09?J18; Accidents
(unintentional injuries):V01?X59, Y85?Y86; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis:N00?N07,N17?N19,N25?N27;Septicemia: A40?A41;
c
Rank based on
number of deaths inArizona; Adapted from
Deaths: PreliminaryData for
2011:NVSR v61(6), p.31October 10, 2012.
Figure 10. DeathRates and 95%Confidence Intervals for 10LeadingCauses ofDeath among
Adults age 65 andOlder, Arizona 2012 andUnitedStates 2011 (Preliminary)
Notes: * Indicates significant difference in rate at
p
< .05.
