Women, African-Americans, and Hispanics are statistically more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.....Alzheimer's Reading Room
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Estimated Lifetime Risks for Alzheimer’s by Age and Sex
Research also indicates that in the U.S. African-Americans are about twice as likely—and Hispanics one and a half times more likely—than older whites to get Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. This is becoming a bigger concern than ever, as African-Americans and Hispanics will make up a larger proportion of the U.S. population over the next few decades.
Proportion of Americans Aged 55 and Older with Cognitive Impairment, by Race/Ethnicity, Health and Retirement Study, 2006
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