2C.AGE-SPECIFICMORTALITY
Middle-aged adultmortality (ages 45-64 years)
In recent years, middle-aged
adults
experienced
an
unprecedented
increase
in
mortality
from
accidental
poisoning, increasing 26.1 percent
from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, 426
deaths were attributed to
accidental poisoning (
Table 2C-
22
), compared to 168 deaths in
2003. Of the 426 accidental
poisoning deaths in this age
group, 386 were drug overdoses
(ICD10 X40-X44) and 35 were
alcohol poisoning (ICD10 X45).
Beginning in 2007, the mortality
rate for accidental poisoning
exceeded the mortality rate for
motor vehicle-related injuries
among the middle-aged (
Figure
2C-19
). In 2013, the rate of 29.0
per 100,000 middle-aged adults
was 60.2 percent greater than the
mortality rate of 18.1/100,000 for
motor vehicle accidents. White
non-Hispanics accounted for 316
or 74.2 percent of all accidental
poisoning deaths (
Table2C-22
).
Figure2C-19
MortalityRates
a
for Accidental Poisoning andMotor Vehicle-related Injuries
byYear amongMiddle-AgedAdults 45-64Years, Arizona, 2003-2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 persons, 45-64 years old in specified group
In 2013, as in the past, rural
middle-aged males had the
poorest survival chances (
Figure
2C-20, Table 2C-21
). The
mortality rate for rural middle-
aged males in 2013 was 40.3
percent greater than for urban
males, 79.1 percent greater than
rural females, and 131.0 percent
(2.3 times) greater than urban
females.
Figure2C-20
MortalityRates byGender inUrban
a
andRural Areas among
Middle-AgedAdults 45-64Years, Arizona, 2013
Notes:
a
Urban counties includeMaricopa, Pima, Pinal and Yuma Counties.
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