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Fortune
Erin Prater

These 10 U.S. states are predicted to have the most people with Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s why

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East Coast states have some of the highest rates of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new projections published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., used data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project and the U.S. Census to estimate the number of people aged 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s in every U.S. state, based on demographics.

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