The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic and Dementia:

Deaths Above Average

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Deaths Above Average Through September 2020

# Above # Above
% Above Average 1 % Above Average1
State Average State Average
Alabama 598 17.5% Montana 110 16.6%
Alaska 0 0.0% Nebraska 157 12.5%
Arizona 1168 32.2% Nevada 365 31.6%
Arkansas 391 19.7% New Hampshire 187 18.5%
California 2990 16.6% New Jersey 1185 26.2%
Colorado 559 21.5% New Mexico 260 25.5%
Connecticut 345 14.5% New York 1775 21.4%
Delaware 81 14.1% North Carolina 767 11.2%
District of Columbia 0 0.0% North Dakota 46 10.4%
Florida 2386 19.1% Ohio 1164 14.0%
Georgia 1404 25.5% Oklahoma 366 16.5%
Hawaii 154 18.3% Oregon 243 8.2%
Idaho 137 14.2% Pennsylvania 1163 13.0%
Illinois 1178 16.3% Rhode Island 143 15.7%
Indiana 645 14.5% South Carolina 834 23.1%
Iowa 304 13.9% South Dakota 32 6.6%
Kansas 315 16.5% Tennessee 833 17.6%
Kentucky 631 20.8% Texas 3471 26.1%
Louisiana 785 30.0% Utah 241 18.8%
Maine 178 14.7% Vermont 41 9.2%
Maryland 624 19.5% Virginia 1074 21.9%
Massachusetts 504 9.6% Washington 469 11.0%
Michigan 1023 16.9% West Virginia 221 16.6%
Minnesota 468 11.8% Wisconsin 542 13.4%
Mississippi 520 29.5% Wyoming 5 1.8%
Missouri 639 17.3% National 2
31,047 16.6%

1
Alzheimer’s and dementia deaths above average is a comparison of the total number of Alzheimer’s and
dementia deaths in 2020 (through September 26) with the average number of Alzheimer’s and dementia deaths
from January 1 to September 30 in the last five years of available data (2014-2018). See the Technical Explanation
for more detail.
2
The national total of Alzheimer’s and dementia deaths does not equal the sum of the state totals due to a
difference in the methodology used to account for the most recent weeks of data.