Dementia: Number of Alzheimer’s deaths and hospital treatments have risen to a record high

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Number of Alzheimer’s deaths and hospitalizations rise to record high

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More and more people in Germany have to be treated in hospital for Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the number of deaths has more than doubled in the last 20 years. One age group is particularly affected.

Dhe number of Alzheimer’s patients is increasing rapidly. As the Federal Statistical Office announced on World Alzheimer’s Day on September 21, 19,356 people nationwide had to be hospitalized with this diagnosis in 2020. The number of inpatient treatments has more than doubled within 20 years: in 2000 there were 8116 treatments.

In 2020, a total of 9,450 people died of Alzheimer’s in Germany – according to the Federal Statistical Office, more than ever before. The number of deaths was more than twice as high as in 2000 with 4535 deaths, as the office in Wiesbaden reported on Tuesday.

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“The risk of contracting the disease increases with age,” according to the statisticians: around 95 percent of the patients affected in 2020 were 65 years and older. The age group of the very old from 80 years of age was treated particularly frequently in hospital for Alzheimer’s: more than half of all those affected belonged to this age group.

“The increase in hospital treatments and deaths with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is at least partly due to an aging population,” said the Federal Statistical Office. The number of people over 65 in Germany increased by around 33 percent between 2000 and 2020. The age group from 80 years has even grown by more than 90 percent.