Dementia costs more to treat than heart disease or cancer, study finds

... better estimate of the incidence of the disease, thus providing a lower cost estimate than those reported by the Alzheimer's Association. According to estimates in the study, 14.7% of Americans ages 71 years and older suffered from dementia in 2010, ...

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