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Important Facts for Deaths due to Alzheimer's DiseaseDefinitionDeaths with Alzheimer's disease as the underlying cause of death.ICD-10 code: G30 NumeratorNumber of deaths due to Alzheimer's diseaseDenominatorTotal number of persons in the populationWhy Is This Important?Alzheimer's disease is the seventh leading cause of death among New Jersey residents. It was the eighth leading cause of death from 2004 to 2006 and tenth from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that it was not in the top ten.How Are We Doing?The age-adjusted death rate due to Alzheimer's disease had been steadily increasing for several years, but declined in 2006. In New Jersey, about 1,800 deaths each year are due to Alzheimer's disease. In the total population and among each racial/ethnic group, females have higher death rates than males. Alzheimer's disease is the fifth leading cause of death among women and tenth among men in New Jersey. The age-adjusted death rate due to Alzheimer's disease is highest among Whites in New Jersey. Alzheimer's disease is the fourth leading cause of death among persons aged 85 years and over.How Do We Compare With The U.S.?The New Jersey age-adjusted death rate due to Alzheimer's disease is about 20% lower than that of the US.What Is Being Done?The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services' Alzheimer's Adult Day Services Program partially subsidizes the purchase of adult day care services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. |
Department of Health and Senior Services P. O. Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 Phone: (609) 292-7837 Toll-free in NJ: 1-800-367-6543 Our Locations |
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