Alzheimer's Disease
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)
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 current residents with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 126,6000
- Percent of current residents with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 8.5%
- Average length of stay for current residents with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 944 days
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Current Residents: Tables 33, 35 and 38
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 71,599
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 24.2
- Cause of death rank: 7
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables 10, 11 and B
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