Alzheimers Epidemic

alzheimer's EPIDEMIC 6TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES Heart Disease The only,cause in the top ten that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed Cancer Stroke CLRD 1 IN 8 AMERICANS OVER THE AGE OF 66 HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 6 Accidents Algheimer's NEARLY HALF OF PEOPLE 85 O Điabetes & OLDER HAVE THE DISEASE O Flu & Pneumonia ONephritis EARLY ONSET HAS BEEN LINKED TO MUTATIONS IN CHROMOSOMES 1, 14. & 21, 10 Septicemia LATE ONSET HAS BEEN LINKED TO MUTATIONS IN CHROMOSOME 19 THE RATE OF DEATH CONTINUES TO RISE Most survive for about years after diagnosis ALZHEIMER'S +66% -20% STROKE -8% PROSTATE CANCER AS MANY AS 60% OF THOSE WHO SATISFY DIMENSIA OR -3% BREAST CANCER ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CRITERIA HAVE NEVER RECIEVED DIAGNOSIS HEART DISEASE -29% HIV 54 MILLION AMERICANS BY 2060 AS MANY AS 16 MILLION HAVE ALZHEIMER'S AMERICANS WILL HAVE THE DIEASE OF THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE WILL BE ADMITTED TO A NURSING HOME BY AGE 80 17 BILLION HOURS OF UNPAID CARE 149 MILLION 2050 PROJECTED COST OF CARE: 11 TRILLION O FAMILY CAREGIVERS 2011 IN 2010 ALONE NATIONAL COST OF $183 BILLION Every, 69 seconds someone in the united states develops alzheimer's By,mid-century, someone in America will develop the disease every 33 seconds 52 NEW CASES EVERY HOUR 109 NEW CASES EVERY HOUR THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION alz.org