Source: CBS News
In less than two decades, the death rates from Alzheimer’s disease increased by 55 percent, government health data indicates.
The report, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the weekly Morbidity and Mortality report, stated that part of those numbers “ can in some way be attributed to the fact that we have a growing number of aging adults in America. Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.”
The report also indicates many of those deaths happened in patients’ homes, rather than in hospitals. Data indicates deaths in homes went up from 13.9 percent to a quarter of patients living with the disease in America.
There are currently about 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease.
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