Tennessee has the highest dementia-linked death rate in the country with 90.1 people per 100,000 of its population dying from dementia-related causes, reports financial news Web site 247wallst.com. 24/7 also found that the number of people living with dementia worldwide is projected to triple over the next 30 years.
Six of the ten States with the Highest Dementia-Linked Death Rates are in the South. Kentucky is second to Tennessee.
In 2017, 66.7 people per 100,000 people died from dementia-related causes in the United States, up from 30.5 dementia deaths per 100,000 people in 2000. The death rates from dementia-related causes were fairly steady between 2013 and 2016 but increased noticeably from 2016 to 2017 in all age groups at highest risk — 65 to 74, 75 to 84, and 85 and older — as well as all races.
Dementia-related death rates vary across states. Several states with highest dementia-related death rates are in the South, while several states with the lowest dementia-related death rates are in the West.
