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Alzheimer's Disease
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)
Health care use
Hospice care
Number
of current patients with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 7,900
Percent
of current patients with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 7.5
Source: 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Table 12
Nursing home care
Number
of residents with Alzheimer's: 231,900
Percent
of residents with Alzheimer's: 14
Average
length of stay for discharges with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 620
days
Source: National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, Tables 27, 58
Mortality
Number of deaths:
71,599
Deaths per 100,000 population:
24.2
Cause of death rank: 7
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables 10, 11 and C
Related links
National
Home and Hospice Care Survey
Alzheimer's
Disease Education and Referral Center
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