<div id="readability-page-1"><div>Therate of people dying of Alzheimer’s disease in the United Stateshas doubled since the year 2000, according to the Alzheimer’s Association's latestreport. Where an average of 17.6 people per 100,000 died from the form of dementia at the turn of the millennium, the figure had climbed to 34 per 100,000 people as of 2023.This is likely the result of anaging population, since age is the predominant risk factor forAlzheimer’s dementia. However, it could also reflect a rise in the number of formal diagnoses of the disease or even in the number of physicians who are reporting Alzheimer’s as a cause of death.As Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the graphic below, the number of deaths from dementia spiked in 2020 in the U.S., with one in every 10 death certificates that year listing Covid-19 as the primary cause of death also listing Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia as a multiple cause of death.<img height="498" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/30884.jpeg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="498" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/30884.jpeg"/>You will find more infographics at StatistaAmong people aged 85 or older who died of Covid-19 in 2020 or 2021, Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia was listed as a multiple cause of death on almost a quarter of death certificates.According to the Alzheimer’s Association, this is largely due to the fact that nursing homes and long-term care facilities were the site of major outbreaks in the early stages of thepandemic, with residents with Alzheimer’s particularly vulnerable.Dementia is often underdiagnosed, with some studies indicating that such underdiagnosis is higher in Black and Hispanic older adults. This can lead to harms such as delayed access to treatment and supportive services as well as less time for care planning.Early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease include difficulty remembering recent conversations, names or events, apathy and depression.</div>Loading recommendations...</div>

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根據阿爾茨海默病協會的數據，自 2000 年以來，美國阿爾茨海默病死亡率已翻倍，從每 10 萬人中 17.6 人上升至 34 人。這一增長可能歸因於人口老齡化和診斷水平的提高。在 2020 年，許多死亡證明同時列出了新冠肺炎和阿爾茨海默病作為死因，尤其是在 85 歲及以上的人羣中。疫情突顯了護理院的脆弱性，阿爾茨海默病患者受到的影響尤為顯著。此外，尤其是在黑人和西班牙裔老年人中，痴呆症的漏診給治療和護理規劃帶來了挑戰

自 2000 年以來，美國阿爾茨海默病病例的發生率已經翻倍