Death in the 80s

Death rate: The annual rate of death in the 80's is 5.751% (1 in 17) for ages 75-84 years and %15.475% (1 in 6) for ages 85+ years.

Top Ten Causes of Death: For ages 75-84 years, the top ten causes of death in USA 1999 were:

• heart disease (32.4%),
• cancer (23.3%),
• cerebrovascular diseases including stroke (8.2%),
• chronic lower respiratory diseases (7.0%),
• diabetes (3.1%),
• influenza and pneumonia (2.7%),
• Alzheimer's (2.3%),
• accidents (1.8%),
• kidney diseases (1.7%),
• septicemia (1.4%), and
• other causes (16.2%) [CDC NVSR 2001].

For ages 85 and over years, the top ten causes of death in USA 1999 were:

• heart disease (39.0%),
• cancer (11.6%),
• cerebrovascular diseases including stroke (10.4%),
• influenza and pneumonia (4.8%),
• chronic lower respiratory diseases (4.2%),
• Alzheimer's (3.9%)
• diabetes (2.0%),
• accidents (1.8%),
• kidney diseases (1.7%),
• septicemia (1.4%) and
• other causes (19.2%) [CDC NVSR 2001].

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