2016 funding for American’s leading cause of death Cancer $5.2 Billion Heart Disease $3.5 Billion AIDS $3.2 Billion Alzheimer’s $1 Billion National Institute on Aging
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% Change in Deaths in the last 15 years Heart Disease -14% HIV -54% Stroke -21% Alzheimer’s +89% Alzheimer’s Association
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Only 1 in 4 people with Alzheimer’s disease have been diagnosed Alzheimer’s Disease International
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Alzheimer’s is going to remain the public health crisis of our time USA Today
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1 in 6: A woman’s estimated lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer’s in their 60s Alzheimer’s Association
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6th Leading Cause of Death:And only disease among the top 10 causes of death in America that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed Alzheimer’s Association
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Typical life expectancy after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis is 4-8 years Alzheimer’s Association
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2X Breast Cancer: Women in the 60s are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’ during their life as they are to develop breast cancer Alzheimer’s Association
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1 in 3 seniors die with Alzheimer’s or another kind of dementia Center for Disease Control
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In 2017, every 66 seconds someone will develop Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s Association CNN March 7, 2017
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