TRENDS
AND PATTERNS IN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
NEPHRITIS
AND NEPHROSIS
Nephritis
and nephrosis remained the tenth leading cause of death among New Jersey
residents in 1996. In 1996 this cause accounted for 1,020 deaths, 83.6
percent of them 65 years of age and over (Table M14). Each of the age
groups 25 through 64 years and 85 and over had lower death rates in
1996 than in 1987, although note should be taken of the small numbers
of deaths from this cause group in individuals under 45 years of age.
While declining in the non-elderly age groups, the numbers of deaths
from this cause increased substantially in the oldest age groups. The
numbers of deaths due to this cause among those under the age of 25
are too small to analyze.
TABLE
M14. RESIDENT DEATHS AND DEATH RATES FROM
NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROSIS BY AGE GROUP
NEW JERSEY, 1987 AND 1996 |
| AGE
GROUP |
1996 |
1987 |
PERCENT
CHANGE IN
DEATH RATE
1987-1996 |
| NUMBER
OF DEATHS |
DEATH
RATE* |
NUMBER
OF DEATHS |
DEATH
RATE* |
| UNDER
25 |
14 |
0.5 |
10 |
0.4 |
40.7 |
| 25-44 |
43 |
1.7 |
46 |
1.9 |
-9.6 |
| 45-64 |
110 |
6.5 |
129 |
8.3 |
-21.5 |
| 65-84 |
539 |
54.9 |
468 |
52.0 |
5.6 |
| 85
AND OVER |
314 |
264.7 |
242 |
274.0 |
-3.4 |
| TOTAL |
1,020 |
5.8 |
895 |
6.1 |
-4.9 |
*DEATH
RATES ARE COMPUTED PER 100,000 AGE-SPECIFIC POPULATION
RATES PRESENTED FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE AGE-ADJUSTED |
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