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Table 10: SpecificLeadingCauses ofDeaths
a
AmongAll ArizonaResidents, 2012
65 - 74
Years
75 - 84
Years
85
Years
and
Over
All
Adults
65
+
Counts byCause ofDeath
Atherosclerotic heart disease
551
949
1,462
2,962
ChronicObstructivePulmonaryDisease
613
867
679
2,159
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung
905
867
333
2,105
Alzheimer'sDisease
120
624
1,329
2,073
Dementia
98
469
1,160
1,727
AcuteMyocardial Infarction
307
442
520
1,269
AtheroscleroticCardiovascularDisease
410
379
431
1,220
Stroke
126
360
556
1,042
Other Ill-Defined andUnspecified causes ofmortality
89
159
423
671
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas
240
221
121
582
Total
3,459
5,337
7,014 15,810
MortalityRates
b
Atherosclerotic heart disease
102.3
323.5 1,348.0
314.9
ChronicObstructivePulmonaryDisease
113.8
295.6
626.1
229.6
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung
168.0
295.6
307.0
223.8
Alzheimer'sDisease
22.3
212.7 1,225.4
220.4
Dementia
18.2
159.9 1,069.5
183.6
AcuteMyocardial Infarction
57.0
150.7
479.5
134.9
AtheroscleroticCardiovascularDisease
76.1
129.2
397.4
129.7
Stroke
23.4
122.7
512.6
110.8
Other Ill-Defined andUnspecified causes ofmortality
16.5
54.2
390.0
71.3
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas
44.6
75.3
111.6
61.9
Notes:
a
LeadingCauses ofDeath are conditions defined by the International Classification ofDiseases andRelated
HealthProblems, TenthRevision (ICD-10), 2008;
b
Age-specific and crudemortality rates represent the number of
deaths per 100,000persons 65 years of age and older.
Individual LeadingCauses of Death byGender andAgeGroup
Table 11 presents the number of deaths andmortality rates for the ten leading causes of death
amongArizona resident females 65 years and older during2012. In 2012, deaths from
Alzheimer?s disease ranked first among all causes occurring among elderly females. Among
females 85 years and older, 68 percent of deathswere fromAlzheimer?s disease. Dementia
ranked third, accounting for 225.4 deaths per 100,000 resident females 65 years and older.
Proportionately, this represents 6.45 percent of deaths among resident females 65 years and over.
Deaths from breast cancer ranked ninth andwere evenlydistributed across age groups.
