Table 2.

Annual Rate of Change (%) in the Age-Standardized Rate of Deaths With Dementia Reported as an Underlying Cause of Death—Observed, Adjusted to 2016/2017 Certification Practices, and Adjusted to 2016/2017 Certification Practices While Assuming a Constant Age-Standardized Death Rate for Deaths With Dementia Listed as One of Multiple Causes of Death—Among Persons Aged ≥50 Years, by Sex, Australia (2006–2016) and United States (2006–2017)

	Country and Sex
	Australia		United States
Type of Dementia UCOD ASDR	Male	Female	Male	Female
Observed	4.2	3.4	2.9	3.0
Adjusted to 2016/2017	1.7	1.6	2.0	2.1
Adjusted to 2016/2017, assuming a constant dementia MCOD ASDR	1.0	1.2	0.7	0.7

Abbreviations: ASDR, age-standardized death rate; MCOD, multiple cause of death; UCOD, underlying cause of death.