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# Alzheimer's disease found in 32% of old adults who died in 2010
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/alzheimer_s_disease_1025141149/
- Published: 2014-10-25T11:48:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:27:30.000Z
- Description: Rush University Medical Center researchers report that 32 percent of older adults who died in 2010 had Alzheimer's disease, about 600,000 people aged 65 and over. They expect the share to reach 43 percent, or an estimated 1.6 million Americans, by 2050.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Disease, Health News, #vivvo-import

A new study conducted at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, USA found that of old adults who died in 2010, 32% suffered Alzheimer's disease. The rate is expected to be 43% in 2050\. Alzheimer's disease profoundly affects the old adult life. And the study showed that in 2010, about 600,000 aged 65 or older died with Alzheimer's disease. In 2050, an estimated 1.6 million Americans are expected to die with Alzheimer's disease.Jennifer Weuveemail, Liesi E. Hebert, Paul A. Scherr, Denis A. Evans Deaths in the United States among persons with Alzheimer's disease (2010–2050), Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages e40–e46, March 2014