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Report: Women face heightened risk of Alzheimer’s disease

The Columbian
Published: April 20, 2014, 5:00pm

Women face a 1 in 6 chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease at 65, a much greater risk than men, according to an annual report by the Alzheimer’s Association.

The chance of a man getting the disease, which causes dementia and eventually leads to death, is 1 in 11, said the report, “2014 Alzheimer’s Diseases Facts and Figures.”

The chance of getting Alzheimer’s at 85 goes up to 1 in 5 women and 1 in 8 men.

Women also make up the majority of caregivers for those with Alzheimer’s with 2.5 times as many women providing 24-hour care than men, the report said. Among caregivers who report feeling isolation because of their task, 17 percent of women said it caused them to feel depressed compared to 2 percent of men.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the human toll is expected to grow as the Baby Boomers age. Between 2010 and 2050, the report said the number of Alzheimer’s cases is expected to grow 176 percent.

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