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