From October 2014 to September 2015, more Americans died than
during the same period 1 year earlier, according to a preliminary analysis of
death records.
The age-adjusted death rate in the United States for the
12-month period ending with the third quarter of 2015 was 731.4 deaths per
100,000 population, up from a rate of nearly 720 per 100,000 during the same
period a year earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC's) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The findings are part of the Vital Statistics
Rapid Release program, a quarterly release of data on various
leading causes of death in the United States, the CDC says.
The preliminary analysis shows that age-adjusted death rates
(per 100,000 population) were higher in 2014-2015 than during the same period 1
year earlier for many leading causes of death, including heart disease, stroke,
Alzheimer's disease, liver disease/cirrhosis, and Parkinson's disease. For
other causes, including cancer, diabetes, and HIV, death rates held steady or
fell slightly.
Table. Age-Adjusted Death Rates (per 100,000) in 2015 vs 2014
Cause of Death
|
2015 vs 2014
|
Heart disease
|
168 vs 166.1
|
Stroke
|
37.5 vs 35.9
|
Alzheimer's disease
|
28.9 vs 24.2
|
Liver disease/cirrhosis
|
10.6 vs 10.3
|
Chronic respiratory disease
|
41.6 vs 40.1
|
Pneumonia/influenza
|
15.7 vs 14.9
|
Hypertension
|
8.4 vs 8.2
|
Kidney disease
|
13.4 vs 13.1
|
Parkinson's disease
|
7.7 vs 7.3
|
Cancer
|
158.7 vs 161.2
|
Diabetes
|
21.2 vs 20.9
|
HIV
|
1.9 vs 2.0
|
The report also notes that the age-adjusted death rate for drug
overdose for the 12-month period ending with the first quarter of 2015 was
higher than for the comparable period in 2014 (14.8 vs 14.0 per 100,000
population). Also higher in the 2015 period than in the 2014 period were
age-adjusted death rates for falls among the elderly (59.1 vs 56.8); deaths
from homicides held steady (5.2 vs 5.1 per 100,000), as did deaths from
firearm-related injury (10.6 vs 10.3).
The age-adjusted death for suicide was similar for 2015 and 2014
(13.2 vs 12.5); the rate for unintentional death was higher in 2015 than in
2014 (40.8 vs 39.6).
These
provisional estimates are based on a snapshot of all the vital statistical data
from the 50 states and the District of Columbia that were received and
processed by the NCHS as of a specified cutoff date, the report notes.
Vital Statistics Rapid Release
Crude and age-adjusted death rates for parkinson's disease: 2014–Quarter 3, 2015
- For 2015, the crude death rate for Parkinson’s disease was 9.6 deaths per 100,000 population for the first quarter, 8.2 for the second quarter, and 8.1 for the third quarter. The rates for the first three quarters of 2015 were higher than the rates for the same quarters of 2014 (8.4, 7.9, and 7.6, respectively). The age-adjusted death rates for the first and third quarters of 2015 (8.5 and 7.1, respectively) were higher than the rates in 2014 (7.6 and 6.8, respectively). The second quarter rates were the same in 2015 and 2014 (7.2).
- The crude death rate for Parkinson’s disease for the 12-month period ending with the third quarter of 2015 was 8.7 deaths per 100,000 population, higher than that for the same period of 2014 (8.1). The age-adjusted rate remained higher in 2015 than in 2014 for the comparable period (7.7 and 7.3, respectively).
| Quarter | Parkinson's disease, 3-month period (Crude rate) | Parkinson's disease, 12 months ending with quarter (Crude rate) |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q1 | 8.4 | 7.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 7.9 | 8.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 7.6 | 8.1 |
| 2014 Q4 | 8.9 | 8.2 |
| 2015 Q1 | 9.6 | 8.5 |
| 2015 Q2 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
| 2015 Q3 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
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