Mortality Among Centenarians in the United States, 2000-2014

Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality. Death rates for centenarians increased from 2000 through 2008 and then decreased through 2014 for both males and females. Death rates for centenarians increased from 2000 through 2006 for the Hispanic population and from 2000 through 2008 for the non- Hispanic white and black populations, and subsequently decreased through 2014 for all racial and ethnic groups examined. The top five causes of death among centenarians in 2014 were heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, cancer, and influenza and pneumonia. Death rates for Alzheimer's disease increased 119% between 2000 and 2014 among centenarians.