Neurology in Profile
BY STEVE BARRETT
THE HUMAN AND FINANCIAL
TOLL OF NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDERS IS INCRE A SING A S
THE U.S. POPUL ATION AGES.
HERE ARE SOME KE Y DATA.
THE COST OF DEMENTIA CARE
One in a Hundred
Care for the roughly 7.5 million
Americans with A lzheimer's dis-
ease and other forms of dementia
is exponentia lly more expensive
because of the disabilities linked to
those conditions.
$
170 billion
ANNUAL COST OF ALZHEIMER'S-RELATED CARE
$
73 billion
ANNUAL COST OF CARE FOR NON-ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIAS
THE ALZHEIMER'S JUGGERNAUT
Alzheimer's
70
%
Other
dementias
30
%
Alzheimer's disease
represents the majority of
dementia cases in the U.S.
An estimated 3 million adults and 500,000 children in the U.S. report
having epilepsy. That is slightly more than 1% of the population.
CRIPPLING IMPACT OF STROKE
Schizophrenia
and Suicide
About 4.9% of people with
schizophrenia die by suicide,
compared with about 0.01% of
the overall population.
The leading cause of long-ter m
disability in the U.S., stroke claims
about 140,000 lives annually. Below
are some other troubling statistics.
+
Smokers face twice the risk of
ischemic stroke as nonsmokers.
+
People with atrial fibrillation
a re approximately f ive
times more likely than
others to have a stroke.
+ Roughly 25% of
stroke patients are
under 65 years of age.
Sources: Annals of Neurology, The Internet Stroke Center, CDC, National Institute of Mental Health
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