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Table 12 presents the number of deaths andmortality rates for the top ten leading causes of death
amongArizona residentmales 65 years and older during2012. The first three leading causes of
death (atherosclerotic heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease)
amongArizona residentmales 65 years and olderwere identical with published national data and
consistently remain among the leading causes. Three conditions -Alzheimer?s disease, prostate
cancer, andParkinson?s disease - are specificallynoted. In 2012, Alzheimer?s disease ranked
fourth, representing167.2 deaths per 100,000 residentmales 65 years and older. Themortality
rate forAlzheimer?s diseasewas 36.9 percent lower formales than for females. Prostate cancer
ranked eighth. The largest number ofmaleswho died from prostate cancerwere from 75 to 84
years of age (n=206), butmales 85 years and older had the highestmortality rate due to prostate
cancer (460 deaths per 100,000). Finally,males 85 years and older had the highest rate of
moralitydue toParkinson?s disease, but the age groupwith the greatest number of deaths due to
Parkinson?s diseaseswasmales 75-84 years of age.
Table 11. SpecificLeadingCauses ofDeath amongArizonaResident Females
a
65Years and
Older, 2012
65 - 74
Years
75 - 84
Years
85
Years
and
Over
All
Females
65
+
Counts byCause ofDeath
Alzheimer'sDisease
62
368
926
1,356
AtheroscleroticHeart Disease
156
374
780
1,310
Dementia
51
285
817
1,153
ChronicObstructive PulmonaryDisease (COPD)
306
414
383
1,103
Malignant Neoplasmof Bronchus andLung (LungCancer)
411
388
165
964
Stroke
51
188
383
622
AcuteMyocardial Infarction
100
202
303
605
AtheroscleroticCardiovascularDisease
125
157
249
531
Malignant Neoplasmof Breast (Breast Cancer)
165
145
120
430
Other Ill-Defined andUnspecifiedCauses ofMortality
35
91
286
412
Total
1,462
2,612
4,412
8,486
MortalityRates
b
Alzheimer'sDisease
21.8
232.4 1,348.4
265.0
AtheroscleroticHeart Disease
54.8
236.2 1,135.8
256.0
Dementia
17.9
180.0 1,189.6
225.4
ChronicObstructive PulmonaryDisease (COPD)
107.5
261.5
557.7
215.6
Malignant Neoplasmof Bronchus andLung (LungCancer)
144.4
245.0
240.3
188.4
Stroke
17.9
118.7
557.7
121.6
AcuteMyocardial Infarction
35.1
127.6
441.2
118.3
AtheroscleroticCardiovascularDisease
43.9
99.2
362.6
103.8
Malignant Neoplasmof Breast (Breast Cancer)
58.0
91.6
174.7
84.0
Other Ill-Defined andUnspecifiedCauses ofMortality
12.3
57.5
416.4
80.5
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.
