2009 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report
About This Report
2009 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures provides a
statistical resource for U.S. data related to Alzheimer’s disease,
the most common type of dementia, as well as other dementias.
Background and context for interpretation of the data are
contained in the Overview. This includes definitions of the
types of dementias and a summary of current knowledge about
Alzheimer’s disease. Additional sections address prevalence,
mortality and lifetime risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other
dementias, as well as paid and family caregiving and use and
costs of care and services. The Special Report for 2009 focuses
on the emerging issue of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Specific information in this year’s Alzheimer’s Disease Facts
and Figures includes:
• Overall number of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease
nationally and for each state
• Proportion of women and men with Alzheimer’s and other
dementias
• Estimates for short-term and lifetime risk for developing
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias at age 65, 75 and 85,
as well as estimates for lifetime risks at age 55
• Number of family caregivers, hours of care provided, economic
value of unpaid care nationally and for each state, and the
impact of caregiving on caregivers
• New data on family caregiving from state and local public
health surveys
• Use and costs of health care, long-term care and hospice care
for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
• Impact of Alzheimer’s disease on Medicare, Medicaid, U.S.
businesses, and individuals and their families
• Number of deaths due to Alzheimer’s disease nationally and
for each state, and death rates by age, gender and ethnicity
• Emerging importance of understanding the healthy cognitionto-
dementia continuum, particularly relationships between
MCI and subsequent risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other
dementias
The Appendix details sources and methods used to derive
data presented in this document. Definitions of terms and an
extensive reference list are also provided in the Appendix.
This report frequently cites statistics that apply to individuals
with all types of dementia. When possible, specific information
about Alzheimer’s disease is provided; in other cases, the
reference may be a more general one of “Alzheimer’s disease
and other dementias.”
Alzheimer’s Association, 2009 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures,
to be published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Volume 5, Issue 3.
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