The latest worldwide estimate of Alzheimer's disease prevalence shows that 26.6 million people were living with the disease in 2006, and researchers forecast that the number will quadruple by 2050.
The results were reported at the Second Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia in Washington, D.C. held from June 9-12.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health predict that global prevalence of Alzheimer's will quadruple by 2050 to more than 100 million, at which time 1 in 85 people worldwide will be living with the disease.
More than 40 percent of those cases will be in late stage Alzheimer's, requiring a high level of attention equivalent to nursing home care.
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