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Health Analytics & Vital Records is excited to announce the release of the Leading Causes of Death in Alaska, 2017 Data Brief. This brief can be found here.
The data brief presents key findings for the 2017 leading causes of death (LCOD) by age, sex, race group and Public Health Region, and also makes comparisons over the past decade in Alaska and the US as a whole. Also see our Alaska Vital Statistics 2017 Annual Report broader analysis of mortality and tables detailing LCODs in Alaska in 2017.
Here are some of the results found by the report:
- In Alaska, 9 of 10 LCODs were the same in 2017 as in 2016 and in 2008. The exception was assault (homicide), which replaced influenza and pneumonia as the 10th LCOD.
- In Alaska, Cancer was the first LCOD in 2017; however, the age-adjusted mortality rate was down 25% since 2008 (136.2 vs 180.9 deaths per 100,000 people). Compared to the US, cancer was the second LCOD, which decreased by 13.5% nationally since 2008 (152.5 vs 176.4 per 100,000).
- From 2008 to 2017, the mortality rate due to suicide was highest among youth and young adults age 15 to 24 years old, but the greatest increase was in those age 25 to 44 years old (29.6 to 37.9 per 100,000 = 28% increase).
- Age-adjusted homicide rates in Alaska have more than doubled from 2008 to 2017 (4.0 to 10.4 per 100,000). The rate in Alaska was similar to that in the US as a whole from 2008 to 2014, but sharply increased and surpassed the US rate in 2015.
The full data brief is available here.
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