North New Castle News

There were 329 Delaware residents who died of alzheimer's disease in 2016, a 24.6 percent increase over the previous year, according to data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics.

In 2015, 264 Delaware residents died of alzheimer's disease.

The National Center for Health Statistics is the nation’s primary health statistics agency. The CDC and other health-related organizations can use NCHS data for a variety of ends.

The following table shows total alzheimer's disease deaths by state in 2016 and 2015.

State	2016 deaths	2015 deaths
California	15,570	15,065
Texas	9,135	8,903
Florida	7,155	7,031
Ohio	5,031	4,643
Michigan	4,249	3,771
Pennsylvania	4,185	4,012
North Carolina	4,153	3,803
Georgia	4,021	3,714
Illinois	3,877	3,686
New York	3,349	3,174
Washington	3,269	3,490
Tennessee	3,250	3,122
Arizona	3,082	2,943
Indiana	2,678	2,513
Alabama	2,507	2,282
South Carolina	2,481	2,453
New Jersey	2,435	2,260
Virginia	2,408	2,248
Missouri	2,302	2,173
Wisconsin	2,256	2,087
Minnesota	2,219	1,789
Louisiana	2,195	2,018
Colorado	1,835	1,612
Oregon	1,786	1,652
Kentucky	1,728	1,694
Massachusetts	1,708	1,815
Oklahoma	1,590	1,498
Mississippi	1,485	1,402
Arkansas	1,475	1,457
Iowa	1,415	1,339
Maryland	1,178	1,095
Connecticut	1,035	966
Utah	904	906
Kansas	855	865
West Virginia	786	738
Nevada	686	874
Nebraska	634	598
Idaho	607	552
New Mexico	583	483
Maine	577	544
South Dakota	449	421
Hawaii	445	422
New Hampshire	430	432
Rhode Island	422	453
North Dakota	361	376
Delaware	329	264
Montana	314	277
Vermont	310	298
Wyoming	138	151
District of Columbia	120	129
Alaska	111	68