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growing — and growing fast. An estimated 5.4 million Americans
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million people are age 65 and older, and approximately 200,000
individuals are under age 65 (younger-onset Alzheimer's).
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disease every 33 seconds.
These numbers will escalate rapidly in coming years, as the baby
boom generation has begun to reach age 65 and beyond, the age
range of greatest risk of Alzheimer's. By 2050, the number of people
age 65 and older with Alzheimer's disease may nearly triple, from 5.2
million to a projected 13.8 million, barring the development of medical
breakthroughs to prevent or cure the disease. Previous estimates
based on high range projections of population growth provided by the
U.S. Census suggest that this number may be as high as 16 million.
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