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Diseases » Alzheimer's Disease » Deaths

Deaths from Alzheimer's Disease

Deaths from Alzheimer's Disease: 53,852 deaths in USA 2001 (CDC); 44,536 annual deaths (NVSR Sep 2001)

Cause of death rank: 8th leading cause of death in 1999 and 2000 (CDC)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Alzheimer's Disease: 53,852 per year, 4,487 per month, 1,035 per week, 147 per day, 6 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this automatic extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 53,852 deaths in USA 2001 (CDC); 44,536 annual deaths (NVSR Sep 2001)

Average life years lost from Alzheimer's Disease: 6.8 years (SEER)¹; 7.7 in North Carolina².

Death statistics for Alzheimer's Disease: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Alzheimer's Disease:

21,166 deaths per year from Alzheimer's in USA 1996 (US Government Statistics)
31,145 deaths from Alzheimer's in women in the US 1999 (CDC) (ADEAR)
3 deaths per 100,000 population in USA 1996 (US Government Statistics)
Ranked 14th as a cause of death in USA 1996 (US Government Statistics)
Ranked 9th as a cause of death for over 65’s in USA 1996 (US Government Statistics)
Death statistics by age for Alzheimer's:
- Alzheimer's caused 1.9% of deaths for any age in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
- Alzheimer's caused 2.3% of deaths for age 75-84 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
- Alzheimer's caused 3.9% of deaths for age 85 and over in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]

Deaths from Alzheimer's Disease: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to death from Alzheimer's Disease:

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Footnotes:
1. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2000, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2. Years of Potential Life Lost in North Carolina, NCMJ March/April 2002, Volume 63, Number 2