% change
from2003
URBAN
Diseases of heart
1217.0 1130.1 1110.7 1055.0 983.1 971.9 952.2 888.5 932.0 891.8 862.3
-29.1
Malignant neoplasms
907.5 869.3 863.6 854.5 834.1 817.9 835.0 834.0 846.2 825.5 807.6
-11.0
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
303.4 278.9 309.3 303.2 271.8 289.2 282.2 288.7 311.3 288.9 286.3
-5.6
Alzheimer's disease
235.7 232.9 244.6 270.7 262.4 261.3 263.2 284.9 288.9 251.5 272.0
15.4
Cerebrovascular diseases
289.5 287.8 257.3 234.6 211.3 206.4 206.1 201.5 202.0 192.8 180.1
-37.8
ALL CAUSES
4192.3 4021.7 4083.4 4053.0 3792.4 3765.0 3765.4 3738.3 3886.0 3740.3 3663.4
-12.6
(Number of all deaths)
(24633) (24384) (25740) (25585) (25143) (25374) (25596) (26043) (27302) (27824) (28442)
15.5
RURAL
Diseases of heart
1146.3 1094.8 1127.8 1006.1 946.3 979.3 950.4 889.9 990.4 912.5 919.1
-19.8
Malignant neoplasms
974.1 966.6 927.4 915.2 868.7 883.7 865.3 864.6 840.5 802.6 847.8
-13.0
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
310.0 275.7 293.8 308.5 290.0 322.1 302.5 291.6 298.9 299.6 314.0
1.3
Cerebrovascular diseases
272.1 251.7 267.2 214.0 213.6 228.2 187.0 204.1 193.1 171.9 164.1
-39.7
Alzheimer's disease
140.5 195.6 168.0 195.5 161.5 166.7 152.1 169.6 145.1 130.2 117.2
-16.6
ALL CAUSES
4249.8 4093.4 4164.3 3949.5 3723.8 3863.1 3628.5 3657.5 3741.1 3590.0 3665.4
-13.8
(Number of all deaths)
(6169) (6132) (6421) (6607) (6434) (6789) (6441) (6773) (6935) (7058) (7505)
21.7
STATEWIDE
Diseases of heart
1203.6 1123.5 1114.1 1044.8 975.7 974.3 953.3 890.4 946.8 898.3 874.8
-27.3
Malignant neoplasms
920.9 889.5 876.1 867.2 841.5 832.4 843.0 841.5 846.1 821.8 816.9
-11.3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
304.9 278.3 306.3 304.3 275.6 296.1 287.0 290.1 309.1 292.0 292.3
-4.1
Alzheimer's disease
229.0 220.1 229.5 258.2 241.6 242.6 240.8 260.9 259.8 226.4 239.8
4.7
Cerebrovascular diseases
286.3 280.8 259.2 230.3 211.8 211.1 202.5 202.3 200.7 188.6 176.9
-38.2
ALL CAUSES
4205.5 4038.0 4099.3 4031.3 3778.8 3791.3 3744.2 3728.2 3864.8 3716.9 3667.5
-12.8
(Number of all deaths)
(30815) (30532) (32163) (32192) (31852) (32214) (32098) (32876) (34318) (34958) (35983)
16.8
Notes:
a
Rates are presented per 100,000 elderly persons 65 years and older;
b
The five causes with the greatest number of deaths over the 2003-2013 period;
c
Urban=Maricopa,
Pima, Pinal, and Yuma counties; the remaining counties comprise Arizona's rural areas; see
Technical Notes
for more information; records with unknown county of residence are
included in the statewide totals, but are not distributed by urban/rural area; the cause-of-death titles are according to the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases
(ICD-10); the causes of death for 2003-2013 are classified by ICD-10, replacing the Ninth Revision (ICD-9);measures of comparison between ICD-9 and ICD-10 ? the ?comparability
ratios? - for the causes of death shown in this report are provided in the
Technical Notes
.
TABLE2C-24
MORTALITYRATES
a
FOR THE FIVE LEADINGCAUSES
b
OFDEATHAMONG ELDERLY (65YEARSANDOLDER)
INURBANANDRURALAREAS
c
, ARIZONA, 2003-2013
Area/Cause
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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