Alzheimer Disease
Data are for the U.S.
Percent of long-term care services users diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias
- Percent of adult day services center participants: 30.9% (2016)
- Percent of residential care community residents: 41.9% (2016)
- Percent of home health agency patients: 32.3% (2015)
- Percent of hospice patients: 44.5% (2015)
- Percent of nursing home residents : 47.8% (2016)
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 121,404
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 37.3
- Cause of death rank: 6
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, tables B, 6, 7 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
More Data
- Trends in Alzheimer’s Disease from Health, United States
- 2016 NSLTCP Weighted Survey Estimates: Residential Care Communities pdf icon[PDF – 410 KB]
- 2016 NSLTCP Weighted Survey Estimates: Adult Day Services Centers pdf icon[PDF – 507 KB]
- Dementia Mortality in the United States, 2000–2017 pdf icon[PDF – 611 KB]
- Dementia Special Care Units in Residential Care Communities: United States, 2010
- Mortality From Alzheimer’s Disease in the United States: Data for 2000 and 2010
Page last reviewed: March 11, 2016
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics