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Alzheimer's Disease


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What Increases Your Risk

The main factor that raises your risk for Alzheimer's disease is getting older. About 6 out of 100 people over 65 years and 35 out of 100 people over 85 years have some form of dementia.1 People rarely have dementia before age 60. Other factors that increase your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease include:



Last Updated: November 15, 2006
Author:
Sabra L. Katz-Wise

Ralph Poore
Medical Review:
Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine

Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine

Peter J. Whitehouse, MD - Neurology


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