Mortality Rates
Age-adjusted mortality rates for the top 5 leading causes of death in Arizona by gender.
Arizona Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics.
http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/report/ahs/ahs2009/pdf/2b2.pdf
Age-adjusted is according to the number of deaths per 100,000 population adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard.
Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates By Cause
Visualization Notes:
These are the 5 leading causes of death for Arizonans. While mortality rates have been declining in Arizona, men post higher mortality rates than women for all 5 of the leading causes of death.
Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates By Cause in Arizona Compared to the US
Visualization Notes:
In most categories, the U.S. posts a higher mortality rate than Arizona. 2008 U.S. data is not yet available.
Mortality Rate (per 100k Pop) for Seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease
Visualization Notes:
In this time period, Alzheimer's disease replaced influenza and pneumonia as the fifth leading cause of death among females and both genders but not elderly males 65 years or older.
- Rates are presented per 100,000 elderly persons 65 years and older.
- These are the five greatest causes of death for those 65 years and older.
Note: The cause-of-death titles are according to the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The causes of death for 2000-2008 are classified by ICD-10, replacing the Ninth Revision (ICD-9) used during 1979-1999. The rates for both Alzheimer's disease and influenza and pneumonia for 1997-1999 are comparability modified and represent the annual number of deaths per 100,000 persons 65+ that would have been classified as influenza and pneumonia, had the ICD-10 classification system and coding rules been in place.
The rates for 1997-1999 are based on the number of deaths according to ICD-9. The rates for 2000-2008 are based on the number of deaths according to ICD-10. For comparability, the rates for 1997-1999 are adjusted using the preliminary comparability ratio of 1.5536 from NCHS. Comparability ratio of 1.0 indicates that the same number of deaths was assigned to a cause of death whether ICD-9 or ICD-10 was used. (Quoted from the Elderly Mortality Report on Vital Statistics)
Data Source
Arizona Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics.
http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/report/ahs/ahs2009/pdf/2b2.pdf