Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Facts and Figures

• In 2015, Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the nation $226 BILLION. By 2050, these costs could rise as high as $1.1 TRILLION.
• Alzheimer’s disease is the 6TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.
• Only 45% of people with ALZHEIMER’S disease or their caregivers report BEING TOLD OF THEIR DIAGNOSIS.
• More than 90% of people with the four most common types of CANCER have been TOLD OF THEIR DIAGNOSIS.
• 1 in 3 SENIORS dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
• It’s the only cause of death in the top 10 in America that CANNOT BE PREVENTED, CURED OR SLOWED.
• EVERY 67 SECONDS someone in the United States develops the disease.
• ALMOST TWO THIRDS of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women.

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