Alzheimer’s has Tripled Among Adults Ages 30 To 64

Alzheimer’s Epidemic : It Has Tripled Among Adults Ages 30 To 64

 


Early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease jumped 200% among commercially insured Americans between the ages of 30 and 64 over a recent five-year period, a new analysis of Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurer claims shows.

The report, shows 131,000 people between the ages of “30 and 64 were diagnosed with either form of dementia” in 2017. The average age of someone “with either condition is 49 and women are disproportionately impacted than men.

Among commercially insured adults aged 30 to 64 , early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease was diagnozed in 12.6 per 10,000 adults in 2017.

             That compares to 4.2 per 10,000 adults  in 2013 in the same age group.
 
“The increase in early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s diagnoses among a generation who typically wouldn’t expect to encounter these conditions for several decades is concerning, especially since there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease,” according to survey on the 48 million commercially insured Blue Cross customers.
 
“Further education and research is needed to learn more about early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s, how to treat these conditions and what can be done to better prevent diagnoses,”

Here are some other highlights from the report:

·      “Diagnosis rates of early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are higher in the East, the South and parts of the Midwest, while western states show lower rates of diagnosis.”

·      “86% of people with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease received brain imaging in the year prior to diagnosis.”

·      “57% of people with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease filled an antidepressant medication in the year prior to diagnosis.”

·      More than 37,000 “commercially insured Americans between the ages of 30 and 64 were diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2017.


Source

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2020/02/27/blue-cross-alzheimers-has-tripled-among-adults-as-young-as-30/#54fb615b4d28

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