2B. LEADING CAUSESOF DEATH
Diseases of heart andmalignant neoplasm (cancer)
The age-adjusted mortality rate for
diseases of the heart decreased by 46.1
percent from 265.1 deaths per 100,000
population in 1993 to 143.0/100,000 in
2013 (
Figure 2B-6
). The age-adjusted
mortality rate for cancer declined less,
by 29.1 percent, from 1993-2013. In
Arizona, the relative risk of death from
heart disease versus cancer changed
from 37.2 percent greater in 1993 to
4.4 percent less in 2013.
In 2003, 1,198 more Arizonans died
from diseases of the heart than cancer
(
Table 2B-1
). In 2013, the number of
deaths from cancer exceeded the
number of heart disease deaths by 696
(
Table2B-4
).
Figure2B-6
Comparisonof Age-adjustedMortalityRates
a
for Heart Disease andCancer
(Malignant Neoplasm), Arizona, 1993, 2003, and2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 population age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard.
For the past several years, cancer has
been the number one cause of death
among Arizonans aged 0-84 years
(
Figure 2B-7
). Beginning in 1996, the
annual number of cancer deaths
exceeded the number of deaths from
heart disease. In 2013, 2,988 more
Arizonans 0-84 years old died from
cancer (9,384) than heart disease
(6,396).
Figure2B-7
Number of Deaths fromHeart Disease andCancer among
Arizonans 0-84Years, 2003-2013
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