Silver Book Fact
Combining gains in health-related knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease and its application for both genders, reductions in mortality between 1970 and 2000 yielded additional life-years with an end of century value of $95 trillion, or about $3.2 trillion per year. Of this amount, separate calculations show that 2/3 ($64 trillion) accrued to people alive in 2000, and 1/3 will be enjoyed by future generations.