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Alzheimer?s disease likely plays a much larger role in the deaths of older Americans than is reported, according to a new study that says the disease may be the third-leading cause of death in the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists Alzheimer?s as the sixth-leading cause of death, far below heart disease and cancer. But the new report, published Wednesday in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that the current system of relying on death certificates for causes misses the complexity of dying for many older people and underestimates the impact of Alzheimer?s
estimating 503400 US-deaths >74y from Alzheimer dementia in 2010.
while NCHS gives 78341 or 110005 where Alzheimer is mentioned anywhere on the death-certificate.
To compare: deaths from pneumonia were 49770, but deaths where pneumonia was mentioned anywhere
were 189225. or diabetes: 69147 and 234330
Alzheimer deaths are interesting for the gs, because they are pretty much seasonal
and homologous with flu-waves.
Alzheimer?s disease likely plays a much larger role in the deaths of older Americans than is reported, according to a new study that says the disease may be the third-leading cause of death in the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists Alzheimer?s as the sixth-leading cause of death, far below heart disease and cancer. But the new report, published Wednesday in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that the current system of relying on death certificates for causes misses the complexity of dying for many older people and underestimates the impact of Alzheimer?s
estimating 503400 US-deaths >74y from Alzheimer dementia in 2010.
while NCHS gives 78341 or 110005 where Alzheimer is mentioned anywhere on the death-certificate.
To compare: deaths from pneumonia were 49770, but deaths where pneumonia was mentioned anywhere
were 189225. or diabetes: 69147 and 234330
Alzheimer deaths are interesting for the gs, because they are pretty much seasonal
and homologous with flu-waves.