2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

• Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 3708 - 3821
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.05.2024
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - economics; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Alzheimer's Association Report; Alzheimer's dementia; Alzheimer's disease; Biomarkers; Care navigation; Care navigator; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID‐19; Dementia; Dementia care navigation; Dementia workforce; Diagnostic criteria; Family caregiver; Health care costs; Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data; Health care expenditures; Health care professional; Health care utilization; Home and community‐based services; Humans; Incidence; Long‐term care costs; Long‐term care utilization; MCI due to Alzheimer's disease; Medicaid spending; Medicare spending; Mild cognitive impairment; Morbidity; Mortality; Navigator; Prevalence; Primary care physician; Risk factors; United States - epidemiology; United States; Caregivers; Health care costs; Health care professional; MCI due to Alzheimer's disease; Prevalence; COVID‐19; Family caregiver; Mild cognitive impairment; Long‐term care costs; Risk factors; Incidence; Health care utilization; Diagnostic criteria; Alzheimer's dementia; Dementia care navigation; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia workforce; Medicaid spending; Care navigation; Primary care physician; Mortality; Navigator; Morbidity; Health care expenditures; Home and community‐based services; Medicare spending; Long‐term care utilization; Biomarkers; Care navigator; Dementia

This article describes the public health impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD), including prevalence and incidence, mortality and morbidity, use and costs of care and the ramifications of AD for family caregivers, the dementia workforce and society. The Special Report discusses the larger health c...