Alzheimer’s Disease One in nine people, over the age of sixty five have the Alzheimer’s disease. That is about eleven percent of all people over sixty five. Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects over five million Americans (Marsa, Linda). This disease is a type of senile dementia, which means that Alzheimer’s is more common after the age of sixty five (Day O’Connor). Alzheimer’s is extremely rare before the age of fifty (Finch). This disease has disastrous effects, and can cause major monetary setbacks for anyone who has to pay for a caretaker, medicine, or any other treatment to help. Alzheimer’s is a neurological disease that has fatal effects and no known cure. Only a few causes of this disease are known today. One of the main reasons that one might get Alzheimer’s is because of genetics (Finch). If an ancestor had the disease, the kin are more likely to have the same fate. Researchers have narrowed the number of chromosomes that might carry the Alzheimer’s gene.
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The number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer 's disease is going to almost triple by the year 2050, and become 13.8 billion people impacted (Lloyd). This could possibly put some strain on the healthcare system or economy, because so many more people will have to pay for care. Since more people are trying to find a cure for this disease, a breakthrough is possible before the year 2020, but researchers will need more money to reach this goal (Day O’Connor). The estimated number of people between the ages of sixty five and seventy four with Alzheimer’s in 2050 is around 1.3 million(Lloyd). That is roughly one in seventy seven people. The number of people between the ages of seventy five and eighty four will be around 5.4 million (Lloyd). That is one in six people. And the number of people with Alzheimer’s over the age of eighty five will be about 7 million, or one in three, people
The number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer 's disease is going to almost triple by the year 2050, and become 13.8 billion people impacted (Lloyd). This could possibly put some strain on the healthcare system or economy, because so many more people will have to pay for care. Since more people are trying to find a cure for this disease, a breakthrough is possible before the year 2020, but researchers will need more money to reach this goal (Day O’Connor). The estimated number of people between the ages of sixty five and seventy four with Alzheimer’s in 2050 is around 1.3 million(Lloyd). That is roughly one in seventy seven people. The number of people between the ages of seventy five and eighty four will be around 5.4 million (Lloyd). That is one in six people. And the number of people with Alzheimer’s over the age of eighty five will be about 7 million, or one in three, people