Geographic disparities in mortality from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The regions with highest and lowest Alzheimer's disease (AD) mortality across the United States at state/county levels were identified and their contribution to the differences in total mortality rates between these regions was evaluated. The disease, disease group, sex, race/ethnicity, and place-of-death-related inter-region differences that engender the disparity in mortality were quantitatively described. The hypothesis that inter-regional differences in filling out death certificates are a major contributor to differences in AD mortality was tested.

Design

Retrospective evaluation of death certificate data.

Setting

The United States.

Participants

Deceased US residents, 1999-2018.

Methods

Region-specific age-adjusted mortality rates and gro

SUBMITTER: Akushevich I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8373784 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature