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2019

ALZHEIMER’S

DISEASE

FACTS AND

FIGURES

ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE IS THE
6 TH %

leading cause of death
of seniors say it’s important
to have their thinking or
in the United States
82 memory checked

5.8 Americans BY 2050, this 14 BUT %
ONLY
say they receive
are living
number is
regular cognitive
projected to
MILLION with rise to nearly MILLION 16 assessments
Alzheimer’s
EVERY 65 someone in the
MORE THAN provide unpaid care United States
16 MILLION for people with SECONDS develops the disease
Alzheimer’s or
AMERICANS other dementias

Between 2000 and while deaths from
2017 deaths from heart Alzheimer’s disease
These caregivers provided an estimated disease have decreased have increased
18.5 BILLION HOURS
valued at nearly 9% 145%
$234 BILLION
1 IN 3 It kills more than

IN 2019, Alzheimer’s and other breast cancer and
dementias will cost the nation seniors dies with prostate cancer
Alzheimer’s or
$290 BILLION another dementia COMBINED

BY 2050, these costs
could rise as high as
$1.1 TRILLION

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