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Trends in dementia mortality from two National Mortality Followback Surveys

From the National Institute on Aging (D.J. Foley and Dr. Brock), Bethesda, MD; and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tomah, WI, and Department of Neurology (Dr. Lanska), University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Daniel J. Foley, National Institute on Aging, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3C309, Bethesda, MD 20892-9205; e-mail: foleyd{at}gw.nia.nih.gov

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.

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