QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Alzheimer Disease Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years, by Sex and Race/Hispanic Origin — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Alzheimer Disease Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years, by Sex and Race/Hispanic Origin — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), 2018
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Woodall, Ashley M. ; Bengeri, Shilpa
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2018, the age-adjusted death rate for Alzheimer disease among adults aged ≥65 years was higher for women (267.9 deaths per 100,000) than for men (191.9). Among men, non-Hispanic White men had the highest death rate (201.7) compared with non-Hispanic Black (176.8) and Hispanic (168.4) men. Among women, non-Hispanic White women (285.1) had the highest death rate, followed by non-Hispanic Black (234.7) and Hispanic (218.8) women. Compared with men, women had higher age-adjusted death rates from Alzheimer disease in all three race and Hispanic-origin groups.
  
  Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), Mortality Data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm. Reported by: Ashley M. Woodall, MPH; Shilpa Bengeri.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(44):1662
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  44
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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