2C.AGE-SPECIFICMORTALITY
Elderlymortality (ages 65 years and older)
Tables 2C-23 and 2C-24
provide mortality rates for the
five causes with the greatest
number of deaths over the
2003 ? 2013 period.
In 2013, Alzheimer?s disease
(2,353 deaths;
Table 2C-26
)
accounted for 6.5 percent of
elderly mortality. From 2012 to
2013, gender-specific death
rates for Alzheimer?s disease
increased for both elderly
males and elderly females
(
Figure2C-23
).
There were 1,572 deaths from
Alzheimer?s disease among
elderly females in 2013, twice
the number of deaths from this
cause among males (781;
Table 2C-26
). White non-
Hispanic elderly accounted for
85.7 percent of the 2013
deaths
from
Alzheimer?s
disease (based on data in
Table2C-26
).
Figure2C-23
Trends inMortalityRates for Alzheimer?sDisease
a
byGender andYear
amongElderly65Years andOlder, Arizona, 2003-2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths due to Alzheimer?s disease per 100,000 persons, 65+ years old in specified group.
Among unintentional injury
deaths unrelated to motor
vehicles, Arizona?s elderly
experienced a substantial
increase in mortality from
fall-
related injuries
(
Figure 2C-
24
). In 2013, 767 elderly
Arizonans 65 years or older
died from
fall-related injuries
,
compared to 679 in 2012, a
13.0 percent increase (
Table
2C-26
).
In 2013, those 85 years old or
older experienced the largest
number of
fall-related deaths
(n = 467), followed by
Arizonans 75-84 years old (n =
208), and the youngest elderly
65-74 years old (n= 92 ).
Figure 2C-24
Trends inMortalityRates for Falls and Fall-related Injuries
a
byGender andYear among
Elderly 65Years andOlder, Arizona, 2003-2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths due to falls and fall-related injuries per 100,000 persons, 65+ years old in specified group.
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