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Indicator Profile of Deaths due to Alzheimer's DiseaseWhy Is This Important?Alzheimer's disease is now the eighth leading cause of death among New Jersey residents. It was the tenth leading cause from 1998 to 2003 and prior to that it was not in the top ten. It is the sixth leading cause of death among females in New Jersey.Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Alzheimer's Disease by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000-2005 Data SourcesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File. CDC WONDER On-line Database accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html; New Jersey Death Certificate Database, Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registration, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; Population Estimates: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, State Data Center;Other Graphical ViewsDefinitionDeaths with Alzheimer's disease as the underlying cause of death.ICD-10 code: G30 How We Calculated the Rates
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