Canadian Alzheimer Facts
In January 2009, the Alzheimer Society of Canada released sobering new statistics on the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in Canada. Today, half a million Canadians have Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia with 71,000 of them under age 65. Women represent 72 per cent of all Alzheimer's disease cases. Fifty per cent more Canadians and their families could be facing Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia in just five years. If nothing changes, over one million Canadians will have Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia within 25 years.
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