Alzheimer’s Cases May Triple by 2050

August 5, 2002 Alzheimer's Cases May Triple by 2050 At a recent Alzheimer's Conference in Sweden, Dr. Denis Evans and his collaborative team of researchers estimated that the number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease could more than triple to 16 million by the year 2050. The estimate ranges from 11 million people on the low end to 16 million on the upper end. The biggest surge will be among people aged 85 and older, Dr. Evans stated, largely because death rates in the United States have been declining, and they predict that they will be half what . . .