An estimated 7.2 million Americans over the age of 65 are living with Alzheimer’s disease — that’s one in nine people over 65.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, dementia is a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory, reasoning or other thinking skills. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80% of dementia cases.
In the United State’s 3,142 counties, Orleans Parish had the sixth-highest rate of Alzheimer’s disease in people over 65.
Louisiana had the fifth-highest rate of Alzheimer’s dementia compared to other states in the country, with 12.4%. The state is preceded in the national rankings by Maryland (12.9%), New York (12.7%), Mississippi (12.5%) and Florida (12.5%).
Louisiana parishes with the highest rates of Alzheimer’s dementia in people over 65 include, in descending order:
- Orleans Parish with 15.4%
- Bienville Parish with 15.1%
- East Carroll Parish with 14.9%
- Tensas Parish with 14.7%
- Claiborne Parish with 14.5%
- St. Helena Parish with 14.4%
- Caddo Parish with 14.1%
- St. James Parish with 14.1%
- Lincoln Parish with 13.9%
- Iberville Parish with 13.8%.
Louisiana parishes with the lowest rates of Alzheimer’s dementia in people over 65 include, in ascending order:
- Livingston Parish with 9.6%
- St. Tammany Parish with 10.3%
- Cameron Parish with 10.6%
- Ascension Parish with 10.7%
- Beauregard Parish with 10.7%
- Grant Parish with 10.7%
- LaSalle Parish with 10.9%
- St. Bernard Parish with 10.9%
- Vernon Parish with 10.9%
- Tangipahoa Parish with 11%.
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