2A. TOTAL MORTALITY
Figure2A-1
Age-adjustedMortalityRates
a
for all Causes byGender andYear,
Arizona, 2003-2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 persons (adjusted to the 2000 standard U.S. population).
The age-adjusted mortality rates
discussed below are based on the year
2000 population standard. All mortality
rates in sections 2A and 2B are age-
adjusted. A detailed explanation of the
age-adjustment of mortality rates is
given in the
Technical Notes
.
The total age-adjusted mortality rate
remained relatively consistent from
2012 to 2013 (
Figure 2A-1, Table
2B-2
).
Over this period, the age-
adjusted mortality rates decreased
slightly for males but increased slightly
for females.
The difference between male and
femalemortality rates narrowed slightly
between 2003 and 2013 with the male
age-adjusted mortality rate being 44.7
percent greater than the female age-
adjusted mortality rate in 2003, and
38.0 percent greater in 2013. However,
the parallel trend lines (
Figure 2A-1
)
do not suggest that the full
convergence in mortality risk between
males and females is likely to happen
anytime soon.
Figure2A-2
Age-adjustedMortalityRates
a
for all Causes byRace/Ethnicity andYear,
ArizonaResidents, 2003, 2008, and2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 persons (adjusted to the 2000 standard U.S. population).
The 2013 age-adjusted death rates for
the major racial/ethnic groups were as
follows: for Asian or Pacific Islander,
413.4 deaths per 100,000 population;
Hispanic or Latino, 615.6; White non-
Hispanic, 693.7; American Indian or
Alaska Native, 887.0; and Black or
African American, 918.5 (
Figure 2A-2,
Table2B-4
).
In 2013, as in 2003 and 2008, Blacks
and American Indians had higher total
mortality rates than White non-
Hispanics, Hispanics, and Asians. The
total mortality rates for Asians were
lower than the rates of bothWhite non-
Hispanics and Hispanics in 2003, 2008,
and 2013.
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