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Kitagawa decomposition assessed demographic age-specific contributions to sex disparities, Bayesian Structural Time Series models projected burden through 2034.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 2,342,153 AD-related deaths, 308,045 (13.2%) were infection-associated. Overall infection-associated AAMR declined by 57.6% (AAPC \u22123.72% per year), diverging from rising AD mortality. Respiratory infections showed the steepest decline (AAMR \u221268.3%) with improvements across all regions and urbanization strata. By contrast, genitourinary infections were the only subtype with rising burden\u2014absolute deaths increased 75.1%, rural AAMR rose 73.1% over 1999\u20132020, and central trend-continuation projections suggest a possible further increase, particularly over the near-term horizon, although uncertainty becomes substantial in the longer term. Kitagawa decomposition showed that the female excess in genitourinary mortality was attributable to higher age-specific female rates rather than to population age structure\u2014uniquely among the subtypes examined (cumulative risk effect +11,337; 47.4% of the female excess; cumulative female deaths exceeding male by 170%); the increase in this risk component over time was directionally consistent but of model-dependent statistical significance. Mortality was overwhelmingly concentrated in the oldest age stratum ( \u2265 85-year rate 2,516-fold that of &amp;lt; 65 years). During the COVID-19 era, overall infection-associated AD mortality fell below pre-pandemic projections, with genitourinary infections showing the smallest cumulative deficit of any subtype. Hispanic individuals had the highest AAMR by 2024, while Non-Hispanic Black individuals maintained elevated septicemia mortality throughout.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although infection-associated AD mortality declined substantially, a growing genitourinary infection burden widened across sex, rural, and racial strata, with trend-continuation projections suggesting a possible further increase, particularly over the near-term horizon. These findings, combined with external clinical evidence on infection prevention, suggest that targeted measures\u2014including CAUTI prevention, sex-specific bladder health programs, and rural infection prevention investment\u2014merit priority attention as baby boomers enter peak AD risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnagi.2026.1885030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]],"date-time":"2026-07-30T05:38:30Z","timestamp":1785389910000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The changing epidemiology of infection-associated mortality in Alzheimer\u2019s disease in the United States, 1999\u20132024"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Xuemeng","family":"Miao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen","place":["Fujian, China"]},{"name":"Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging Research, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, Xiamen University, Xiamen","place":["Fujian, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yingzhi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen","place":["Fujian, China"]},{"name":"Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging Research, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, Xiamen University, Xiamen","place":["Fujian, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chengtian","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen","place":["Fujian, China"]},{"name":"Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging Research, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, Xiamen University, Xiamen","place":["Fujian, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenjun","family":"Meng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pain Management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinhua","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Comprehensive Special Medical Services, International Medical Center, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tao","family":"Zeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Oncology, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guofang","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clinical Pathogen Research for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Guangzhou Eighth People\u2019s Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong","place":["Guangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.archger.2012.04.011","article-title":"Evaluation and management of oropharyngeal dysphagia in different types of dementia: A systematic review.","volume":"56","author":"Alagiakrishnan","year":"2013","journal-title":"Arch. 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