Judging by the aging population, cases of alzheimer will soar in years to come:
More than 5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s disease and an aging population is likely to fuel a steady rise in new cases, a report released by the Alzheimer’s Association said on Tuesday.
The association’s figure of 5 million is up about 10 percent from its previous estimate in 2000, and it said there are about 400,000 new cases a year.
The group predicts that the number of Alzheimer’s cases will rise to 7.7 million people by 2030 as the U.S. baby boom population ages, unless a cure or a way to prevent the disease is found.
Alzheimer’s is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and it is the leading cause of dementia. It is marked by a steady loss of memory that soon takes away a person’s ability to cope and care from himself or herself, and there is no cure.
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