Alzheimer Disease
Data are for the U.S.
Percent of long-term care services users diagnosed with Alzheimer disease or other dementias
- Percent of adult day services center participants: 24.7% (2020)
Source: Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States, Table 4
- Percent of residential care community residents: 42.1% (2020)
Source: Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States, Table 4
- Percent of home health agency patients: 35.6% (2020)
- Percent of hospice patients: 45.2% (2020)
- Percent of nursing home residents : 45.6% (2020)
- Percent of inpatient rehabilitation facility patients: 36.7% (2020)
- Percent of long-term care hospital patients: 45.3% (2020)
Source: Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States, Table 4
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 119,399
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 36.0
- Cause of death rank: 7
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER
More Data
- Variation in Adult Day Services Center Participant Characteristics by Center Ownership: United States, 2020
- State estimates and standard errors for NCHS Data Brief No. 453: Variation in Adult Day Services Center Participant Characteristics, by Center Ownership: United States, 2020
- Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, Adult Day Services Center Component: National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study, 2020
- Updated 2020 NPALS COVID-19 Dashboard
- Trends in Alzheimer’s Disease from Health, United States
- Dementia Mortality in the United States, 2000–2017 [PDF – 611 KB]