Deaths Due to Dementia in 2017: 6 statistics

1. Dementia was an underlying cause of death for 261,914 people in the U.S. in 2017.
2. Alzheimer disease accounted for 46% of these deaths.
3. 66.7 deaths per 100,000 people were due to dementia as an underlying cause of death.
4. 72.7 per 100,000 female deaths were due to dementia, compared to 56.4 male deaths per 100,000.
5. Seniors ages 65-74 had 56.9 deaths per 100,000 due to dementia, compared to 2,707.3 deaths per 100,000 for those aged 85 and over.
6. Hispanics had lower age-adjusted death rates due to dementia (46.0 per 100,000) than non-Hispanic blacks (65 per 100,000) or non-Hispanic whites (70.8 per 100,000).

Notes: "Dementia Mortality in the United States, 2000–2017," National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 68, Number 2
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 14, 2019
Source URL: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_02-508.pdf

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