Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly to navigation Skip directly to page options Skip directly to site content

Alzheimer's Disease

Data are for the U.S.

Percent of  long-term care services users diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias

  • Percent of adult day services center participants: 29.9% (2014)
  • Percent of residential care community residents: 39.6% (2014)
  • Percent of home health agency patients: 31.4% (2013)
  • Percent of hospice patients: 44.7% (2013)
  • Percent of nursing home residents : 50.4% (2014)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States: Data From the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013-2014, table 4 [PDF - 5.6 MB]

Mortality

  • Number of deaths: 93,541
  • Deaths per 100,000 population: 29.3
  • Cause of death rank: 6

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, tables B, 9, 10 [PDF - 4.4 MB]

More Data

Top