Table 2. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease deaths and death rates by age group, sex, race, and region, United States, 1979–2006.* .
| Age group (years) | Sex | Race† | Region† | |||||||||||||||
| Male | Female | White | Black | Other | Northeast | Midwest | South | West | ||||||||||
| Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | |
| 0–49 | 190 | 0.1 | 196 | 0.1 | 347 | 0.1 | 26 | 0.04 | 12 | 0.05 | 87 | 0.1 | 96 | 0.1 | 125 | 0.1 | 77 | 0.1 |
| 50–59 | 530 | 1.5 | 600 | 1.6 | 1049 | 1.6 | 56 | 0.7 | 25 | 0.9 | 259 | 1.7 | 261 | 1.5 | 361 | 1.4 | 248 | 1.6 |
| 60–69 | 1224 | 4.6 | 1229 | 4.0 | 2329 | 4.6 | 78 | 1.5 | 46 | 2.7 | 573 | 4.7 | 653 | 4.8 | 753 | 3.7 | 474 | 4.3 |
| 70–79 | 1072 | 6.3 | 1227 | 5.2 | 2200 | 6.0 | 75 | 2.3 | 24 | 2.5 | 574 | 6.5 | 609 | 6.2 | 672 | 4.7 | 444 | 5.8 |
| ≥80 | 266 | 3.7 | 383 | 2.6 | 616 | 3.1 | 19 | 1.2 | 14 | 3.6 | 163 | 3.4 | 174 | 3.1 | 192 | 2.6 | 120 | 3.0 |
*
Deaths obtained from the multiple cause-of-death data for 1979–1998 are based on ICD-9 codes, and deaths beginning in 1999 are based on ICD-10 codes with available computerized literal death certificate data. Death information was also obtained from other surveillance mechanisms. Death rates expressed per 1,000,000.
†
One death is missing both race and region; and one death is missing region.