Who Is Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease?

• 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease.
• 5.3 million people in the US have Alzheimer's disease.
• Every 70 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer’s disease.
• Alzheimer's is the fifth leading cause of death in people 65 and older.
• Death from Alzheimer’s rose 46.1% from 2000 to 2006 .
• 54% of the U.S. population has been touched in some way by Alzheimer's disease.
• Approximately 454,000 people will develop Alzheimer’s in 2010.
• At current rates, 19 million Americans will have Alzheimer’s by the year 2050.