But that’s just what came out last week in a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study on dementia rates. The study looked at more than 10,500 adults in the United States aged 65 and older in 2000 and 2012. Notable DeclineOver the 12-year span, dementia rates fell “significantly,” from 11.6% to 8.8%, the study says. If the rate of dementia in 2012 had been what it was in 2000, “there would be well more than 1 million additional people with dementia,” said John Haaga, director of the National Institute on Aging’s behavioral and social research, told STAT News. Currently, at least 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s or other dementia.

Source: Forbes November 28, 2016 21:26 UTC