Alzheimer's
Facts and Figures
• As many as 5.3 million people in
the
• Alzheimer's and dementia triple healthcare
costs for Americans age 65 and older.
• Every 70 seconds, someone
develops Alzheimer’s.
• Alzheimer's is the seventh-leading cause of
death.
• The direct and indirect costs of Alzheimer's
and other dementias to Medicare, Medicaid and businesses amount to more
than $148 billion each year.
These are just a few of the facts in our new report, 2009 Alzheimer’s Disease
Facts and Figures. The report is a comprehensive
statistical abstract of
• prevalence
• mortality
• the costs of Alzheimer care
• caregiving
• a special report on Mild Cognitive Impairment and
early-stage Alzheimer's
Executive Summary (12 pages)
See Facts and Figures news release.
