title: Mortality from Alzheimer's disease in Canada: A multiple-cause-of-death analysis, 2004 to 2011.
abstract: Using multiple-cause-of-death data, this study investigates mortality from Alzheimer's disease. From 2004 through 2011, Alzheimer's disease was coded as a cause of 80,868 deaths-more often the underlying than a contributing cause. The rate of Alzheimer's disease deaths was higher for women and older individuals than for men and younger people, and varied considerably by province/territory. Regardless of whether Alzheimer's disease was coded as the underlying or a contributing cause, on average, two other causes were also listed on the death certificate. When Alzheimer's disease was the underlying cause, cardiovascular diseases were most often listed as a contributing cause; when Alzheimer's disease was a contributing cause, cardiovascular diseases were most often listed as the underlying cause.
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: Jungwee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; comorbidity; databases; death certificates; dementia; vital statistics