Texas’ border counties have higher rates of Alzheimer’s disease among older adults than other areas in the state, according to a new study estimating county-lev...
Dallas County has an estimated Alzheimer’s prevalence of 12.6%, while Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties have prevalence rates of 11.3%, 10.2% and 9.9%, respectively.
Among Texas’ other major metropolitan counties, Harris County has a prevalence rate of 12.2%, Travis County has a rate of 10.7% and Bexar County has a rate of 13%. The statewide prevalence rate is estimated at 11.9% of people 65 and older.
The more-granular data illustrate how variably the devastating disease impacts communities across the U.S. They also offer public health experts direction for where to target preventive measures and support options, both for patients and their families. “This information, in addition to raising awareness of the Alzheimer’s crisis in specific communities, may help public health programs better allocate funding, staffing and other resources for caring for people with Alzheimer’s and all other dementia,” said Kumar Rajan, lead author of the study and professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush Medical College in Chicago.
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