ALZHEIMER’S STATISTICS CONNECTICUT - Alzheimer's Association

ALZHEIMER'S STATISTICS

CONNECTICUT

65+ NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OLDER WITH ALZHEIMER'S BY AGE*

Year

65-74

75-84

85+

TOTAL

2017

9,700

29,000

36,000

75,000

2020

11,000

32,000

37,000

80,000

2025

11,000

40,000

39,000

91,000

* Totals may not add due to rounding

Percentage change from 2017

50 40 30 20 10

0 2017

6.7%

21.3%

2020 2025

U.S. STATISTICS

Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's, and as many as 16 million will have the disease in 2050. The cost of caring for those with Alzheimer's and other dementias is estimated to total $259 billion in 2017, increasing to $1.1 trillion (in today's dollars) by mid-century. Nearly one in every three seniors who dies each year has Alzheimer's or another dementia.

HOSPICE

# of people in hospice with a primary diagnosis of dementia

2,765

% of people in hospice with a primary diagnosis of dementia 20%

MEDICAID COSTS OF CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S, 2017

$880 MILLION

% change in Medicaid costs from 2017 to 2025 30.8%

# NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN 2014

923

6th leading cause of death in Connecticut

For more information, view the 2017 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report at facts.

NUMBER OF ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS, HOURS OF UNPAID CARE, AND COSTS OF CAREGIVING

Year 2016

Number of Caregivers

177,000

Total Hours of Unpaid Care

201,000,000

Total Value of

Higher Health

Unpaid Care Costs of Caregivers

$2,548,000,000 $153,000,000

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