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A Profile of Older Americans: 2011

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Publisher
Administration on Aging, HHS
Publication Date
2012
Authors
Administration on Aging
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    • Sixty-four percent of Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years living in a nursing home have Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.  
    • People with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias have greater than 3 times as many hospital stays as other older people.  
    • Studies indicate that people aged ≥65 years survive an average of 4 to 8 years after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.  
    • 61% of people with Alzheimer’s disease at age 70 years are expected to die before age 80 years compared with 30% of people at age 70 years without Alzheimer’s disease.  
    • Between 2000 and 2008, deaths attributed to Alzheimer’s disease increased 66%, whereas those attributed to heart disease— the number one cause of death— decreased 13%.  
    • Alzheimer’s disease is the fifth leading cause of death for those aged ≥65 years.  
    • Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States  
    • By 2050, the number of people aged ≥65 years with Alzheimer’s disease may triple, from 5.2 million to a projected 11 to 16 million, barring the development of medical breakthroughs…  
    • By 2025, the number of people aged ≥65 years with Alzheimer’s disease is estimated to reach 6.7 million, a 30% increase from the 5.2 million aged ≥65 years currently affected.  
    • In 2000, there were an estimated 411,000 new cases of Alzheimer’s disease. For 2010, that number was estimated to be 454,000 (a 10% increase); by 2030, it is projected to…  
    • Because of the increase in the number of people aged >65 years in the United States, the annual incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is projected to double by…  
    • Total Medicaid spending for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is projected to be $35.5 billion in 2012.  
    • For people with Alzheimer’s disease, aggregate payments for health care, long-term care, and hospice are projected to increase from $200 billion in 2012 to $1.1 trillion in 2050.  
    • Twenty-nine percent of older individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias who have Medicare also have Medicaid coverage, compared with 11% of individuals without dementia.  
    • When the first wave of baby boomers reaches age 85 years (in 2031), an estimated 3.5 million people aged ≥85 years will have Alzheimer’s disease.  
    • By mid-century, someone in America will develop Alzheimer’s disease every 33 seconds.  
    • Every 68 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer’s disease.  
    • Of the 5.2 million people aged >65 years with Alzheimer’s disease in the United States, 3.4 million are women and 1.8 million are men.  
    • Nearly half of people aged ≥85 years (45%) have Alzheimer’s disease.  
    • One in eight people aged ≥65 years (13%) has Alzheimer’s disease.  
    • An estimated 5.4 million Americans of all ages will have Alzheimer’s disease in 2012.  
    • The estimated annual incidence of Alzheimer’s disease appears to increase dramatically with age, from approximately 53 new cases per 1,000 people aged 65 to 74 years, to 170 new cases…  
    • Older American population
      About 1 in 8 (12.4%) of the population is an older American.