heatherlarson on Nostr: Some icky statistics today, in case you didn't think enough about Neuro-degenerative ...

Some icky statistics today, in case you didn't think enough about Neuro-degenerative illnesses.

Over 6M Americans—nearly 10% of seniors—have dementia.

In the US, dementia causes >100K deaths and costs $600B annually.

~12M Americans could have dementia by 2060, with new cases/year doubling to 1M.