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Alzheimer's Statistics |
- AN ESTIMATED 4.8 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
- THERE IS AN ESTIMATED 23 MILLION PEOPLE CARING FOR THOSE WITH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
- APPROXIMATELY 63,000 COLORADANS HAVE ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
- APPROXIMATELY 6,500 PEOPLE IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION HAVE ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
- BY 2050, THE ESTIMATED RANGE OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE PREVALENCE WILL BE 11.3 MILLION
TO 16 MILLION AMERICANS. IN COLORADO, THAT NUMBER WILL BE ABOUT 280,000.
- ONE IN 10 PERSONS OVER THE AGE 65 AND NEARLY HALF OF THOSE OVER 85 HAVE ALZHEIMERS.
- U.S. SOCIETY SPENDS AT LEAST $100 BILLION A YEAR ON ALZHEIMERS DISEASE.
- ALZHEIMERS DISEASE IS COSTING AMERICAN BUSINESSES $61 BILLION A YEAR.
- MORE THAN 7 OF 10 PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE LIVE AT HOME.
- THE AVERAGE LIFETIME COST PER PATIENT IS $174,000.
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For information on the Alzheimer’s Association, Click Here |
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Alzheimer’s Events
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- Memories in the Making – May 6, 2006
- Memory Walk – September 9, 2006
24/7 Helpline number in Colorado is 1-800-272-3900. Visit the Alzheimer’s Association
website: www.alzco.org
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