B. LEADINGCAUSESOF DEATH
Five LeadingCauses byGender
Figure2B-4
Age-adjustedMortalityRates
a
for the Five LeadingCauses of Death
byRace/Ethnicity amongMales, Arizona, 2013
Rank
Asianor?
Pacific?Islander
American?Indian?
or AlaskaNative
Blackor?
AfricanAmerican
Hispanicor
?Latino
White?non?
Hispanic
1
Cancer
131.4
Diseasesof heart
159.8
Cancer
269.1
Cancer
147.2
Diseasesof heart
190.0
2
Diseasesof heart
98.8
Unintentional?
injury
150.5
Diseasesof heart
209.3
Diseasesof heart
144.4
Cancer
180.9
3
Chronic?lower?
respiratory
?diseases32.0
Cancer
126.0
Unintentional?
injury
68.7
Unintentional?
injury
51.4
Unintentional?
injury
61.2
4
Stroke
30.0
Diabetes
79.7
Diabetes
68.0
Diabetes
45.8
Chronic?lower?
respiratory
?diseases52.5
5
Essential?(primary)?
hypertensionand?
hypertensive?
renal disease?21.2
Chronic?liver?
disease?and?
cirrhosis
70.1
Chronic?lower?
respiratory
?diseases56.4
Stroke
30.8
Intentional?
Self?harm?Suicide
32.4
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 population age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard.
Based on age-adjusted mortality
rates, cancer followed by diseases
of the heart were the two leading
causes of death among Asian or
Pacific Islander, Black or African
American, and Hispanic or Latino
males (
Figure 2B-4
;
Table 2B-4
).
Age-adjusted mortality rates for
diseases of the heart were the
highest of all causes among
American Indian and White non-
Hispanicmales.
Unintentional injury ranked among
the top 5 leading causes of death
for males in all racial/ethnic groups
excluding Asians, but was the 2
nd
leading cause of death only for
American Indianmales.
In 2013, based on the age-adjusted
mortality rates, diabetes was among
the fourth leading causes of death
for American Indian, Black or
African American, and Hispanic or
Latinomales.
Figure2B-5
Age-adjustedMortalityRates
a
for the Five LeadingCauses of Death
byGender inUrban
b
andRural Areas, Arizona, 2013
Rank
Urbanmale
Urban?female
Ruralmale
Rural?female
1
Diseasesof heart
176.8
Cancer
127.4
Diseasesof heart
208.3
Cancer
140.2
2
Cancer
172.2
Diseasesof heart
104.7
Cancer
182.6
Diseasesof heart
128.3
3
Unintentional?injury
54.6
Chronic?lower?
respiratory
?diseases40.8
Unintentional?injury
86.4
Chronic?lower?
respiratory
?diseases46.5
4
Chronic?lower?
respiratory
?diseases45.5
Alzheimer's
disease
40.7
Chronic?lower?
respiratory
?diseases57.6
Unintentional?injury
46.3
5
Alzheimer's
disease
30.4
Unintentional?injury
29.8
Intentional?
Self?harm?Suicide
38.6
Stroke
28.2
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 population age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard;
b
Urban=Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and
Yuma counties. The remaining counties comprise Arizona?s rural areas.
In 2013, the three leading causes of
death for males and females were
ordered similarly regardless of
residence in urban (Maricopa, Pima,
Pinal, and Yuma counties) or rural
(all the remaining counties) areas of
the State (Figure 2B-5, Table 2B-5).
Diseases of the heart, cancer, and
unintentional injuries were the
leading causes of death for urban
and rural males, and cancer,
disease of the heart, and chronic
lower respiratory diseases were
leading causes for urban and rural
females.
Reflecting differences in urban and
rural living conditions, Alzheimer?s
disease was the 5
th
leading cause of
death for urban males and the 4
th
leading cause for urban females, but
was not in the 5 leading causes for
rural males or females. Similarly,
intentional self-harm was the 5
th
leading cause of death for rural
males, but was not a leading cause
for urbanmales.
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Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
