Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnoses among American Indian and Alaska Native adults aged ≥45 years, Indian Health Service System, 2016-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia and is responsible for up to 80% of dementia diagnoses and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 38,000 American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people aged ≥65 years were living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in 2020, a number expected to double by 2030 and quadruple by 2050. Administrative healthcare data from the Indian Health Service (IHS) were used to estimate ADRD among AI/AN populations.

Methods

Administrative IHS healthcare data from federal fiscal years 2016 to 2020 from the IHS National Data Warehouse were used to calculate the count and rate per 100,000 AI/AN adults aged ≥45 years with at least one ADRD diagnosis code on their medical record.

SUBMITTER: Apostolou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11875228 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature