ALZHEIMER’S STATISTICS HOSPICE

(2015)
HOSPITALS
(2015)

1,569 1,608
RHODE # ofhospice # ofdepartment
people in emergency
with a visits
primary diagnosis per 1,000 people

ISLAND
of dementia with dementia

26%
of people in hospice
22.2%
dementia patient
have a primary hospital readmission
diagnosis of dementia rate

65+ NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGED 65 AND

OLDER WITH ALZHEIMER’S BY AGE* # NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (2015)
* Totals may not add due to rounding

453
Year 65-74 75-84 85+ TOTAL
2018 2,900 8,600 11,000 23,000

2020 3,200 9,100 11,000 24,000

2025 3,600 11,000 12,000 27,000

Estimated percentage change

5thleading cause of death in Rhode Island
40

30
CAREGIVING US
(2017) STATISTICS
20 17.4%
Over 5 million
10 53,000 Americans are living
Number of Caregivers
0 with Alzheimer’s, and as
2018 2025
many as 16 million will
61,000,000 have the disease in 2050.
Total Hours of The cost of caring for
MEDICAID MEDICARE those with Alzheimer’s
Unpaid Care
and other dementias is

$438
estimated to total

$25,848 $768,000,000
Total Value of
$277 billion in 2018,
increasing to $1.1

MILLION
Medicaid costs of
per capita Medicare
spending on people
with dementia (2017)
Unpaid Care trillion (in today’s
dollars) by mid-century.
Nearly one in every
caring for people with $45,000,000 three seniors who
Alzheimer’s (2018) dies each year has
Higher Health

26.6%
Costs of Caregivers Alzheimer’s or
another dementia.
change in costs
from 2018 to 2025 For more information, view the 2018 Alzheimer’s
Disease Facts and Figures report at alz.org/facts.