--- title: The Death Rate from Alzheimer’s Disease Is Climbing description: The death rate from Alzheimer’s is climbing, according to the latest CDC study, and more families are caring for loved ones with the disease canonical: https://time.com/4794248/alzheimers-disease-deaths/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-25T17:07:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:07:30.931Z article:section: Health og:title: The Death Rate from Alzheimer’s Disease Is Climbing og:description: More families are also caring for loved ones with the disease at home og:url: https://time.com/4794248/alzheimers-disease-deaths/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3dac29c3141986/6988ceeb0a4a226a409ce566/alzheimers-disease.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: alzheimers-disease og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Death Rate from Alzheimer’s Disease Is Climbing twitter:description: More families are also caring for loved ones with the disease at home twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3dac29c3141986/6988ceeb0a4a226a409ce566/alzheimers-disease.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Death Rate from Alzheimer’s Disease Is Climbing  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent May 25, 2017 5:07 PM UTC  Getty Images  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent May 25, 2017 5:07 PM UTC As the U.S. population continues to age, experts say rates of [Alzheimer’s disease](http://time.com/4447997/untangling-alzheimers/?iid=sr-link1), a neurodegenerative condition that involves memory loss, will rise as well. Already, researchers say that deaths from Alzheimer’s are increasing. In the latest report on the subject, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, scientists found that deaths from Alzheimer’s increased 55% from 1999 to 2014\. The data was collected from the National Vital Statistics System, which analyzes death certificate information in the U.S. While people with Alzheimer’s may die of other causes, such as respiratory failure or heart disease, these data capture when Alzheimer’s is an underlying cause for those conditions. **MORE:** [Alzheimer’s from a New Angle](http://time.com/4217067/alzheimers-from-a-new-angle/) The report, which tracked deaths at the county level, found that the regions with the highest deaths from Alzheimer’s were in the southeast, midwest and along the west coast. The report also found an increase in the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease who are dying at home; it rose from 14% to 25% in the period analyzed in the study, which suggests that more families are caring for loved ones with the disease. As a result, [more education and support](http://time.com/money/4501444/alzheimers-family-caregivers-steep-costs/)—in the forms of coverage for providing these services—may be needed in coming years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4794248/alzheimers-disease-deaths/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4794248/alzheimers-disease-deaths/"},"headline":"The Death Rate from Alzheimer’s Disease Is Climbing","datePublished":"2017-05-25T17:07:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:07:30.931Z","description":"The death rate from Alzheimer’s is rising, according to the latest government study, and more families are caring for loved ones with the disease","url":"https://time.com/4794248/alzheimers-disease-deaths/","keywords":["Brain","Dementia","Alzheimer's","Alzheimer's Disease","memory loss"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3dac29c3141986/6988ceeb0a4a226a409ce566/alzheimers-disease.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alice Park","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/alice-park/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3dac29c3141986/6988ceeb0a4a226a409ce566/alzheimers-disease.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"alzheimers-disease","caption":"alzheimers-disease","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/brain/","name":"Brain"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4794248/alzheimers-disease-deaths/","name":"The Death Rate from Alzheimer’s Disease Is Climbing"}}]}] ```