Alzheimer's Disease
(Data are for the U.S.)
Health care use
Hospice care
- Number of hospice care discharges with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 39,400 (2007)
- Percent of hospice care discharges with Alzheimer's as primary diagnosis: 3.8% (2007)
Nursing home care
- Number of residents with Alzheimer's: 231,900
- Percent of residents with Alzheimer's: 15.5%
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 19,003
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 25.7
- Cause of death rank: 6
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 9, 10 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
More Data
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