Ziwerengero za Matenda a Alzheimer: Ndani Amalandira?

Alzheimer's By Numeri

Matenda a Alzheimer's and dementias okhudzidwa amakhudza anthu oposa 5 miliyoni a ku America. Mmodzi mwa anthu asanu ndi atatu akuluakulu ali ndi matenda a Alzheimers - chifukwa chachisanu ndi chimodzi cha imfa ku United States ndipo ndiyo yokha yomwe imapangitsa kuti imfa isakhale yopanda chithandizo. Ndiye ndani amapanga 5+ miliyoni?

Akazi Kapena Amuna?

Pafupifupi 2/3 mwa anthu 5 miliyoni omwe ali ndi Alzheimer ndi amayi.

Malingana ndi Alzheimer's Association, "16 peresenti ya amayi a zaka 71 kapena kuposerapo ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer's or dementias, poyerekeza ndi 11 peresenti ya amuna."

Kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti akazi ali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi Alzheimer's? Sayansi imasakanizidwa. Akatswiri ena amakhulupirira kuti amayi amapanga kuchulukitsa kwa anthu omwe ali ndi Alzheimer chifukwa amakhala ndi moyo wautali, osati chifukwa chakuti amatha kukhala ndi Alzheimer's. Komabe, kafukufuku wina wasonyeza kuti akazi akhoza kukhala ovuta kwambiri kusintha kwa ubongo ndi kuchepa kwa chidziwitso.

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Zaka

Chiwopsezo chachikulu chotenga matenda a Alzheimer ndi zaka, chifukwa ngati anthu akula, amatha kukhala ndi Alzheimer's. Pafupifupi theka la anthu opitirira zaka 85 ali ndi Alzheimer's. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, anthu pafupifupi 200,000 oposa 65 amakhala ndi Alzheimer's early .

Chikoka

Malingana ndi Alzheimer's Association, chiwerengero cha (chiwerengero cha ziwalo zatsopano) cha Alzheimer pa chaka chimakula kwambiri ndi zaka.

Pali mitundu 53 yatsopano ya Alzheimer's 1,000,000 kwa zaka 65 mpaka 74, 170 atsopano a zaka 75 mpaka 84, ndi matenda atsopano 231 pa 1000 anthu opitirira zaka 85.

Kudziwa

Pafupifupi theka (45%) a anthu omwe ali ndi chifuwa chachikulu chaumtima ndi osamalira awo amawauza kuti sanauzidwe za matenda awo .

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Mpikisano

Osakhala woyera White Hispanics ndi African American ali ndi mwayi wopanga Alzheimer's kuposa azungu. Kafukufuku amasonyeza kuti kusiyana kumeneku kumakhala chifukwa cha thanzi labwino monga kuthamanga kwa magazi ndi shuga, komanso maphunziro. Kafukufuku akuwonetsanso kuti pali anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi alzheimer omwe sapezeka ndi anthu omwe sali achizungu, akudandaula chifukwa chosapindula ndi matenda oyambirira .

Mtengo

Ku United States kwa chaka cha 2015, akuganiza kuti ndalama zothandizira anthu omwe ali ndi Alzheimer adzakhala pafupifupi $ 226 biliyoni, madola 154 biliyoni omwe adzaperekedwa ndi Medicare ndi Medicaid.

Owasamalira

Pafupifupi anthu okwana 15 miliyoni ndi osamalipira omwe salipidwa kwa wina yemwe ali ndi Alzheimer's, ndipo pafupifupi 60% mwa osamalirawo ndi akazi. Ambiri osamalira odwala ali ndi zaka zoposa 65 ndipo akhoza kukhala ndi thanzi lawo; ena ali achinyamata ndipo akusamalira onse okalamba komanso ana awo. Omwe amasamalira nthawi zambiri amatchedwa "sandwich generation".

Pafupifupi 40 peresenti ya osamalirani amapereka maganizo a kuvutika maganizo, ndipo 60% mwa iwo amaonetsetsa kuti kusamalidwa kumakhala kovuta.

Akatswiri amawonanso kuti anthu okwana 800,000 miliyoni omwe ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer amakhala yekha, ndipo theka la anthu amenewo alibe womusamalira.

Moyo Wopitirira

Kawirikawiri, anthu omwe ali ndi Alzheimer amakhala zaka zisanu ndi zitatu kapena khumi atatha kupeza matenda, koma matendawa amatha kupitirira zaka ziwiri mpaka 20. Malinga ndi Alzheimer's Association, mmodzi mwa anthu atatu akuluakulu amafa ndi Alzheimer's kapena matenda ena a dementia.

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Pafupifupi, masekondi 68 onse, munthu wina ku United States amapanga Alzheimer's. Pofika chaka cha 2050, wina adzalandira matenda a Alzheimer's every 33 seconds.

Dziko lonse lapansi

Akuti anthu okwana 36 miliyoni tsopano ali ndi Alzheimer's, ndipo ngati mitengoyi ikupitirirabe, anthu 66 miliyoni padziko lonse adzakhala ndi matenda a Alzheimers mu 2030.

_Zotsatira:

_{Alzheimer's Association. Matenda a Alzheimer a 2015 Zolemba ndi Zizindikiro. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.2015 11 (3) 332.} http://www.alz.org/facts/downloads/facts_figures_2015.pdf

_{Alzheimers Foundation ya America. Moyo Wopitirira. Idapezeka pa January 30, 2013. http://www.alzfdn.org/AboutAlzheimers/lifeexpectancy.html}

_{Bright Focus Foundation. Zoona Zokhudza Matenda a Alzheimer's. Inapezeka pa January 30, 2013. http://www.brightfocus.org/alzheimers/about/understanding/facts.html}