1 in 7 Older Americans Has Dementia

According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated one in seven Americans over 70 have dementia, including 2.4 million who have Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health. “As the population ages during the next few decades, the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease will increase several-fold unless effective interventions are discovered and implemented,” said Richard Hodes, M.D., director of the National Institute on Aging. “These data underscore the urgency of research in this area.”