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08/31/2010
What Do You Know About Dementia?
Did you know that 5.3 million Americans—about 1 in 60—have forms of dementia?
Other facts include:
Other facts include:
- African Americans are almost twice as likely as whites to have Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
- Hispanics are about one and a half more likely to get it.
- Higher rates of diabetes and heart disease in the African American and Hispanic communities are probably linked to increased rates of dementia.
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— J. Thom L., MD, FACS, Minot, ND
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