Every 70 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer's Disease

35 million people worldwide – a 10% increase over 2005 – are living with Alzheimer's and dementia.

According to the 2009 World Alzheimer Report, released from Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), the number of people with Alzheimer's is expected to nearly double every 20 years, to 65.7 million in 2030 and 115.4 million in 2050.

Worldwide, the economic cost of dementia has been estimated as $315 billion annually.

The total annual costs per person with dementia have been estimated as $1,521 in a low income country, rising to $4,588 in middle income countries, and $17,964 in high income countries. (Anders Wimo, et al. "An Estimate of the Total Worldwide Societal Costs of Dementia in 2005." Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2007.)

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