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MortalityTrends amongArizonaResident Females Age 65 andOlder
Table 13 presents the 2012 leading causes of death asmortality trends for resident females 65
years and older from 2002 to 2012, with trends in themortality rates among females from 2002
? 2012 depicted inFigure 11.
Overall, the number of deaths among females age 65 and older increased 14 percent from 2002
(n=15,614) to 2012 (n= 17,856). The greatest percent increase in number of deaths occurred to
females 85 years and over, displaying a 30 percent increase from 2002 (n= 6,549) to 2012 (n=
8,522). Of specificmention are the increases in the number and rate of deaths fromAlzheimer?s
disease, dementia, and ill-defined/unspecified causes. Alzheimer?s disease became the leading
cause of death amongArizona?s older female residents in 2010when 1,505 deathswere reported.
From 2002 to 2012, therewas a 20 percent increase in the number of deaths due toAlzheimer?s,
butmore troublesome, themortality rate forAlzheimer?s disease among females 65 and older
increased 55 percent during the same period.
Table 12. SpecificLeadingCauses ofDeath amongArizonaResidentMales
a
65Years and
Older, 2012
65 - 74
Years
75 - 84
Years
85
Years
and
Over
All
Males
65
+
Counts byCause ofDeath
AtheroscleroticHeart Disease
395
575
682
1,652
Malignant Neoplasmof Bronchus andLung- (LungCancer)
494
479
168
1,141
ChronicObstructive PulmonaryDisease - (COPD)
307
453
296
1,056
Alzheimer'sDisease
58
256
403
717
AtheroscleroticCardiovascularDisease
285
222
182
689
AcuteMyocardial Infarction
207
240
217
664
Dementia
47
184
343
574
Malignant Neoplasmof Prostate - (ProstateCancer)
124
206
183
513
Stroke
75
172
173
420
Parkinson's Disease
59
160
139
358
Total
2,051
2,947
2,786
7,784
MortalityRates
b
AtheroscleroticHeart Disease
155.4
426.0 1,714.4
385.2
Malignant Neoplasmof Bronchus andLung- (LungCancer)
194.4
354.8
422.3
266.0
ChronicObstructive PulmonaryDisease - (COPD)
120.8
335.6
744.1
246.2
Alzheimer'sDisease
22.8
189.6 1,013.0
167.2
AtheroscleroticCardiovascularDisease
112.2
164.5
457.5
160.7
AcuteMyocardial Infarction
81.5
177.8
545.5
154.8
Dementia
18.5
136.3
862.2
133.8
Malignant Neoplasmof Prostate - (ProstateCancer)
48.8
152.6
460.0
119.6
Stroke
29.5
127.4
434.9
97.9
Parkinson's Disease
23.2
118.5
349.4
83.5
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.
