As many as 5.3 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's and dementia triple healthcare costs for Americans age 65 and older.
Every 70 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's is the sixth-leading cause of death.
Costs of caring for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias will soar from an estimated $203 billion this year to a projected $1.2 trillion per year by 2050.
These are just a few of the facts in our new report, Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Figures, 2013. The report is a comprehensive statistical abstract of U.S. data on Alzheimer's disease that includes:
prevalence
mortality
the costs of Alzheimer care
caregiving
a special report on Mild Cognitive Impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's