Alzheimer Disease

• 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)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015-2016, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table VIII pdf icon[PDF – 5.6 MB]

• 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]

• Mortality Data
• National Institute on Agingexternal icon
• Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Centerexternal icon
• Bright Focus Foundationexternal icon