State-by-state dementia data now shows a striking concentration of Alzheimer’s cases across the East and Southeast, where age, chronic disease, and demographics intersect.
The number of Americans living with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, continues to rise as the population ages, and recent research highlights important geographical differences across the country.
A landmark prevalence study found that states like Maryland, New York, Mississippi, and Florida have some of the highest proportions of adults aged 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s dementia, with rates around or above 12.5 percent. These figures illustrate not just the scale of the challenge but how the impact varies from place to place…