Trends in dementia mortality from two National Mortality Followback Surveys

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 709 - 711
• Main Authors: FOLEY, Daniel J, BROCK, Dwight B, LANSKA, Douglas J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 25-02-2003
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - mortality; Biological and medical sciences; Death Certificates; Dementia - mortality; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Mortality - trends; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Nervous system as a whole; Neurology; Prevalence; Sex Distribution; United States - epidemiology; United States; North America; America; Human; Nervous system diseases; Cognitive disorder; Prognosis; Prevalence; Mortality; Evolution; Neurological disorder; Epidemiology; Public health; Dementia; Physical handicap
• ISSN: 0028-3878; 1526-632X
• DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000047131.26946.21

The National Center for Health Statistics conducted National Mortality Followback Surveys (NMFS) in 1986 and 1993. The next-of-kin's report of a physician's diagnosis of AD before death and a listing of AD or other dementia as the underlying cause increased significantly among women but remained stable among men. Currently, AD is among the top 10 leading causes of death in elderly white men and women in the United States.