Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet
- An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer's
disease.
- Alzheimer's disease
is the most common form of dementia among
older people.
- One in eight persons age 65 and over (13%) has Alzheimer's disease.
- Alzheimer's disease
is not a normal part of the aging process.
- More than 400,000 new cases of
Alzheimer's disease are diagnosed
each year, a number that will increase and escalate as the baby boom generation ages.
- Nearly ten million
Americans provide unpaid care for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia.
