Estimate of Worldwide Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease = 26.6 Million

The latest worldwide estimate of Alzheimer’s disease prevalence shows that 26.6 million people were living with the disease in 2006, according to research reported today at the 2nd Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia in Washington, D.C. Researchers predict that global prevalence of Alzheimer’s will quadruple by 2050 to more than 100 million, at which time 1 in 85 persons worldwide will be living with the disease. The cost of this disease will break the bank of health systems around the world. It is one of the by products of our successs in defeating major killers such as heart disease, stroke and cancer.