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   US deaths from Alzheimer's disease rise significantly   
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   AFP By Kerry Sheridan Dec 9, 2015 6:15 AM   
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   Miami (AFP) - Nearly 10,000 more people died of Alzheimer's disease in the   
   United States last year than in 2013, a significant rise of 8.1 percent,   
   according to US health data released Wednesday.   
      
   Global health authorities have warned that cases of Alzheimer's -- the most   
   common form of dementia -- would soar along with the aging population in the   
   coming years.   
      
   But whether the latest data shows a true rise in Alzheimers death, or just a   
   more frequent accounting of Alzheimer's as a cause of death, remains a matter   
   of debate.   
      
   The 8.1 percent rise was the highest seen among the top 10 causes of death in   
   the United States, the report by the National Center for Health Statistics   
   found.   
      
   Alzheimer's deaths rose from 84,767 in 2013 to 93,541 in 2014, a NCHS   
   spokesman told AFP.   
      
   According to Marc Gordon, an Alzheimer's researcher and chief of Neurology at   
   Zucker Hillside Hospital in New York, the data comes from information recorded   
   on death certificates.   
      
   "It is unclear to what extent more people are dying from Alzheimer's disease,   
   or whether Alzheimer's disease is increasingly recognized by clinicians as a   
   cause of death," said Gordon, who was not involved in the NCHS study.   
      
   An uptick in death rates were also seen for unintentional injuries (up 2.8   
   percent), suicide (up 3.2 percent) and stroke (0.8 percent).   
      
   The leading cause of death -- heart disease -- fell 1.6 percent, while cancer   
   deaths dropped 1.2 percent and deaths from influenza and pneumonia fell five   
   percent.   
      
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   According to the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's is the only one of the   
   10 leading causes of death that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed.   
      
   One in three seniors will die of Alzheimer's or another form of dementia,   
   experts say.   
      
   "Alzheimer's is having a rapidly growing impact on American society," said   
   Matthew Baumgart, senior director of public policy at the Alzheimer's   
   Association.   
      
   "Alzheimer's death rates have been rising steadily over the past 15 years –-   
   increasing 40 percent since 2000, when the new data are included," he added.   
      
   Baumgart said increasing awareness of Alzheimer's disease has meant more   
   people report it as a cause of death.   
      
   Another factor in the increase is "large investments by the federal government   
   in research for other diseases have led to decreases in deaths from other   
   causes," he told AFP.   
      
   "This means more people are living longer and to an age where they are at   
   greater risk of developing Alzheimer's -– and dying from it."   
      
   About 5.3 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease.   
      
   Worldwide, some 46.8 million people currently have dementia, and that number   
   is expected to triple by the year 2050, reaching some 131.5 million, according   
   to Alzheimer's Disease International.   
      
   The disease carries a heavy cost burden, costing the world $818 billion in   
   2015.   
      
      
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/us-deaths-alzheimers-disease-rise-signifi   
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