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2017 MORE 15 MILLION AMERICANS

ALZHEIMER’S THAN provide unpaid care for people with
Alzheimer’s or other dementias
DISEASE these caregivers provided
IN
FACTS AND 2016 an estimated
18.2 BILLION HOURS
FIGURES of care valued at over
$230 BILLION

In 2017, Alzheimer’s and other
dementias will cost the nation
$259 billion
By 2050, these costs could
rise as high as
$ 1.1 TRILLION

35 % ofivers o for people dementia
with
careg
another
Alzheimer’sr
report that their health has gotten worse
due to care responsibilities, compared to
19 % of caregivers for older people

without dementia

1 IN 3 Since 2000, deaths
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IS THE seniors dies from heart disease have
with Alzheimer’s or
6TH LEADING CAUSE another dementia decreased by 14%
OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES while deaths from
Alzheimer’s disease have
IT KILLS increased by 89%

MORE THAN EVERY MORE THAN
5 MILLION breast cancer
AMERICANS ARE and prostate cancer
LIVING WITH 66 COMBINED
ALZHEIMER’S
BY 2050, THIS SECONDS
NUMBER COULD someone in the
RISE AS HIGH AS United States
16 MILLION develops the disease

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