{"id":90896,"date":"2019-12-18T17:23:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T01:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=90896"},"modified":"2019-12-18T17:23:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T01:23:58","slug":"heart-disease-remains-top-death-cause-in-l-a-county-alzheimers-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/12\/18\/heart-disease-remains-top-death-cause-in-l-a-county-alzheimers-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart disease remains top death cause in L.A. County; Alzheimer’s on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Click image to view the report.]<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>LOS ANGELES – Coronary heart disease remained the number-one cause of death among Los Angeles County residents in 2017, but deaths from Alzheimer’s disease rose dramatically over the past decade to become the second-leading cause, according to a report released Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The report by the county Department of Public Health found that 11,211 residents died from coronary heart disease in 2017, accounting for 17.7% of all deaths — and equating to a mortality rate of 102.9 deaths for every 100,000 residents. [View the report here.]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s disease accounted for 4,179 deaths that year. The Alzheimer’s mortality rate of 38.7 deaths for every 100,000 residents represented a 71% increase from 2008, when the disease accounted for 22.6 deaths for every 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n

“Mortality is one of the most important barometers of the health of our residents,” county public health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. “These findings indicate clear areas of concern which require a collective response to the complex social conditions that contribute to the many health challenges we face as a county, especially for those residents experiencing the worst health outcomes.”<\/p>\n

According to the report, the top 10 causes of death in the county in 2017 were coronary heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, lung cancer, pneumonia\/influenza, colorectal cancer, liver disease\/cirrhosis and hypertension.<\/p>\n

Health officials noted that while heart disease remained the top cause of death, the mortality rate of 102.9 deaths per 100,000 residents actually represents a 29% drop from 2008, when the rate was 145.6 deaths per 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n

According to the report, heart disease was also the leading cause of premature death in the county, followed by drug overdoses, which county officials said have increased by 28% over the past decade.<\/p>\n

The report also found that the mortality rate among black residents remained roughly 30% higher than the county average over the past decade. The rate among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders was 41% higher than the average, and 27% higher among Native Americans.<\/p>\n

In terms of location, the mortality rate among residents of the Antelope Valley was 28% higher than the county average, and it is the only county region that showed a mortality rate increase between 2008 and 2017. The mortality rate among South Los Angeles residents was 20% higher than the county average.<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES – Coronary heart disease remained the number-one cause of death among Los Angeles County residents in 2017, but deaths from Alzheimer’s disease rose dramatically over the past decade to become the second-leading cause, according to a report released Wednesday. The report by the county Department of Public Health found that 11,211 residents died […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}