Alzheimer's Impact On Texas PDF Print E-mail

Texas ranks 3rd among the 50 states (behind California and Florida) in the number of estimated Alzheimer’s cases. There are currently 340,00 Texans living with AD and by 2025, that number is expected to rise to 470,000.

In 2008, 189,553 Texans spent some time in a nursing home.  Seventy-seven percent had some form of dementia, with forty-five percent having severe cognitive impairment.

The number of deaths attributable to Alzheimer's disease in Texas was 4,629 deaths in 2005; however, a number of studies have documented substantial under-reporting of Alzheimer's disease on death certificates as an underlying or contributing cause of death.                                             
                                                                                               
                                                      Source: National Alzheimer's Association, 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures
  
Impact on Caregivers

In Texas, about 850,000 caregivers annually provide 970 million hours of uncompensated care valued at $11.2 billion -- ranking Texas 2nd in the nation, behind California, in uncompensated care costs related to Alzheimer's disease.

                                                      Source: National Alzheimer's Association, 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures                                                                                     

Cost to the State of Texas

Based on Texas’ share of the population, Texas businesses must absorb $7 billion in costs linked to health coverage for Alzheimer’s patients and lost productivity in the workplace. 


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