Alzheimer's Disease

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]