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Dementia: The Growing Crisis in West Virginia

Executive Summary
Overview of Dementia
Types of Dementia
Prevalence of Dementia
Cost of Dementia
Risk Factors for Dementia
Prevention of Dementia
Diagnosis of Dementia
Treatment of Dementia
Diagnosis in Hospital Records
Dementia Mortality
Dementia Research

Hospitalization Rates by County of Residence

Mortality Rates by Type of Dementia and Gender

Dementia Mortality by County of Residence

References
Credits and Acknowledgements

 

Appendix B. Mortality Rates* for Alzheimer’s Disease,
Other Dementias, and Total Dementias, by Gender
West Virginia Residents, 1984-2003
Year Alzheimer’s Disease Other Dementias Total
  Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999**
2000
2001
2002
2003

2.2
3.0
2.8
5.6
7.0
5.2
5.3
5.5
5.9
6.6
7.6
9.8
8.6
9.3
7.1
14.6
15.2
15.5
15.8
20.4

1.5
2.5
3.1
4.2
5.3
5.4
3.8
6.0
5.9
4.7
7.6
7.8
9.4
11.4
7.2
15.9
18.6
21.6
23.5
26.3

1.7
2.7
3.0
4.7
5.9
5.4
4.3
5.9
5.9
5.3
7.7
8.4
9.4
10.6
7.2
15.5
17.6
19.7
21.1
24.4

0.3
1.6
0.9
2.2
2.3
2.9
2.8
3.1
3.8
5.6
7.2
4.2
5.4
8.0
7.1
9.9
12.1
11.4
12.4
14.5

0.9
1.3
1.1
2.0
2.5
2.6
3.9
3.8
3.8
6.4
6.2
6.3
6.3
7.4
8.3
10.8
15.3
14.0
15.7
17.4

0.7
1.4
1.1
2.1
2.4
2.6
3.5
3.6
3.8
6.3
6.6
5.6
6.1
7.6
8.0
10.6
14.3
13.3
14.5
16.6

2.5
4.5
3.8
7.8
9.3
8.1
8.1
8.6
9.7
12.2
14.8
14.0
14.1
17.3
14.2
24.5
27.4
26.9
28.2
34.9

2.4
3.8
4.1
6.3
7.8
8.0
7.8
9.8
9.8
11.2
13.8
14.0
15.8
18.7
15.6
26.7
33.9
35.6
39.1
43.7
 

2.5
4.0
4.0
6.8
8.3
8.1
7.9
9.5
9.8
11.6
14.3
14.0
15.5
18.2
15.2
26.1
31.9
32.9
35.6
41.0
 

*Rates are deaths per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million.

**In 1999, ICD-10 replaced ICD-9 in mortality coding.

Hard Copy Published February 2005