Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease

• Over 7 MILLION Americans are living with Alzheimer’s

• 1 in 3 older adults dies  with Alzheimer’s or  another dementia

• IT KILLS MORE THAN Breast Cancer + Prostate Cancer COMBINED

• Between 2000 and 2022 deaths from heart disease have decreased 2.1% while deaths from Alzheimer's disease have increased 142%

• In 2025, Alzheimer's and other dementias will cost the nation $384 BILLION. By 2050, these costs could rise to nearly $1 TRILLION

• The lifetime risk for Alzheimer's at age 45 is 1 in 5 for women and 1 in 10 for men

• NEARLY 12 MILLION Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer's or other dementias

• These caregivers provided more than 19 billion hours valued at nearly $413 BILLION

• UP TO 4 IN 5 Americans feel optimistic about new Alzheimer's treatments in the next decade

• 92% of Americans would want a medication to slow the progression of Alzheimer's following a diagnosis

Source: Alzheimer’s Association

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