Alzheimer's Disease

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

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, Current Hospice Care Patients: table 12

Nursing home care

• Number of residents with Alzheimer's: 231,900
• Percent of residents with Alzheimer's: 16%

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths: 72,432
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 24.2
• Cause of death rank: 7

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, tables B, 10, 11