MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepMMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. RepWRMMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report0149-21951545-861XCenters for Disease Control and Prevention287043485687592mm6627a610.15585/mmwr.mm6627a6Quick StatsQuickStats: Age-Adjusted* Alzheimer’s Disease Death Rates† Among Persons Aged ≥65 Years, by State§ — United States, 2015Reported by: Betzaida Tejada-Vera, MS, fsz2@cdc.gov, 301-458-4231.147201714720176627739739All material in the MMWR Series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.

In 2015, the age-adjusted Alzheimer’s disease death rate among persons aged ≥65 years in the United States was 231.0 per 100,000 population. The five states with the highest age-adjusted death rates for Alzheimer’s disease were South Carolina (362.8), Washington (349.6), Mississippi (346.5), Tennessee (340.8), and Louisiana (333.6). New York had the lowest rate (99.0), followed by Maryland (128.2), Alaska (131.7), Connecticut (149.3), and the District of Columbia (152.2).

Source: National Vital Statistics System. Mortality public use data files, 2015. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm.

Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 based on the 2000 U.S. standard population. Populations used for computing death rates are postcensal estimates based on the 2010 census estimated as of July 1, 2015.

Alzheimer’s disease (G30) was listed as the underlying cause of death based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10). In 2015, a total of 109,495 deaths from Alzheimer’s disease among persons aged ≥65 years were reported in the United States.

U.S. residents only.