Did You Know….
- About 1 in 9 people age 65 and older (10.9%) has Alzheimer's disease; 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia.
- Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women.
- Black Americans are twice as likely to have Alzheimer's or other dementias as Whites, while Latinos are 1.5 times as likely as Whites.
- The lifetime risk for Alzheimer's at age 45 is 1 in 5 for women and 1 in 10 for men.
- Nearly 7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's. By 2050, this number is projected to reach nearly 13 million.
- Health and long-term care costs for people living with dementia are projected to reach $360 billion in 2024 and nearly $1 trillion in 2050.
- Alzheimer's is the 5th leading cause of death among individuals age 65 and older and the 7th leading cause of overall deaths.
- The lifetime cost of care for an individual living with dementia is estimated at almost $400,000 in 2023 dollars.
- In 2023, over 11 million Americans provided an estimated 18.4 billion hours of unpaid dementia care valued at nearly $350 billion.
- 60% of health care workers believe that the U.S. health care system is not effectively helping patients and their families navigate dementia care.
No one survives Alzheimer's disease. No one.
