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Current Alzheimers Statistics
- 10 Million U.S baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's disease.
- The number of Americans with Alzheimer's and other dementias is increasing every year because of the steady growth in the older population.
- The number will continue to increase and escalate rapidly in the coming years as the baby boom generation ages.
- An estimated 5.2 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer's disease in 2008.
- This figure includes 5 million people age 65 and over and 200,000 individuals under age 65 who have younger-onset Alzheimer's.
- One in eight persons age 65 and over (13 percent) has Alzheimer's disease.
- Every 71 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer's disease. By mid-century, someone will develop Alzheimer's every 33 seconds.
- Fourteen percent of all people age 71 and over have dementia. This difference amounts to more than 1.4 million people age 71 and over in 2008.
- People with fewer years of education are more likely than people with more years of education to have Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
- Some researchers believe that having more years of education may provide "cognitive reserve" that either protects a person from Alzheimer's and other dementias or at least allows the person to compensate for a longer time before the symptoms of Alzheimer's and dementia are observable.
- African-Americans are more likely than Caucasians to have Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
- The number of Americans surviving into their 80s and 90s is expected to grow because of advances in medicine, medical technology and social an environmental condition. Since the incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and dementia increase with age, the number of people with these conditions will also grow rapidly.
- In 2000, there were an estimated 411,000 new cases of Alzheimer's disease. That number is expected to increase to 454,000 new cases a year by 2010, 615,000 new cases a year by 2030, and 959,000 new cases a year by 2050.
- The number of people age 65 and over with Alzheimer's disease is estimated to reach 7.7 million in 2030, a greater than 50 percent increase from the 5 million age 65 and over who are currently affected.
- By 2050, the number of individuals age 65 and over with Alzheimer's could range from 11 million to 16 million unless science finds a way to prevent or effectively treat the disease.
- Almost 10 million Americans provide unpaid care for a person with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia.
- Many caregivers experience high levels of stress and depression associated with care giving.
- More than 40 percent of family and other unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias rate the emotional stress of care giving as high or very high.
- About one-third of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias have symptoms of depression.