2B. LEADING CAUSESOF DEATH
Alzheimer?s disease
Figure2B-16
Age-adjustedMortalityRates
a
for Alzheimer?sDisease by
Gender andYear, Arizona, 2003-2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 population age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard.
Based on the number of deaths
in 2013, Alzheimer?s disease
was the 4
th
leading cause of
death for females and 8
th
leading cause for males (
Table
2B-4
).
Excluding 2012, the age-
adjusted mortality rate for
Alzheimer?s disease among
females remained between
37.2 and 39.3 deaths per
100,000 females (
Figure 2B-
16
). During the same period,
the
male
age-adjusted
mortality rate for Alzheimer?s
disease was between 27.2 and
28.9 deaths per 100,000
males.
Figure2B-17
Age-adjustedMortalityRates
a
for Alzheimer?sDisease by
Race/Ethnicity, Arizona, 2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 population age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard.
The age-adjusted mortality
rates for Alzheimer?s disease in
2013 were higher among Black
or
African
Americans
(41.3/100,000),
Hispanics
(35.6/100,000), and White
non-Hispanics (33.4/100,000)
than
among
Asian
(18.2/100,000) or American
Indian residents of Arizona
(16.0/100,000;
Figure 2B-17
,
Table2B-4
).
White non-Hispanic residents of
Arizona
disproportionately
contributed to mortality from
Alzheimer?s disease. In 2013,
White non-Hispanics accounted
for 58.4 percent (
Table 10C-
1
) of the State?s population,
but 85.7 percent of all deaths
from
Alzheimer?s
disease
(2,042 out of 2,384;
Table 2B-
4
).
In 2013, the median age at
death from Alzheimer?s disease
was 88 for females and 86 for
males (
Table 2D-3
).
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Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
