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July 31, 2015October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 2, 2015Alzheimer’s Facts and Figures
- In 2015, Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the nation $226 BILLION. By 2050, these costs could rise as high as $1.1 TRILLION.
- Alzheimer’s disease is the 6TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.
- Only 45% of people with ALZHEIMER’S disease or their caregivers report BEING TOLD OF THEIR DIAGNOSIS.
- More than 90% of people with the four most common types of CANCER have been TOLD OF THEIR DIAGNOSIS.
- 1 in 3 SENIORS dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
- It’s the only cause of death in the top 10 in America that CANNOT BE PREVENTED, CURED OR SLOWED.
- EVERY 67 SECONDS someone in the United States develops the disease.
- ALMOST TWO THIRDS of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women.
To read more on Alzeimer’s Disease click here.
