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HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 DEMENTIA OBJECTIVE DIA-2
Reduce the proportion of preventable hospitalizations in persons
with diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
In 2006-2008, among adults aged 65 and
older with diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease
and other dementias, 25.3 percent of
hospitalizations were preventable.
25.3%
Healthy People 2020 has set a goal of
reducing this percentage by 10 percent to
22.8 percent.
Hispanics with Alzheimer’s and other
dementias are nearly one and half
times more likely to have a
preventable
34.2%
hospitalization
than Whites.
30.7%
28.2%
Those at lower
income levels
are significantly
more likely to
have a
preventable
hospitalization.
28.8%
21.9%
23.7%
18.8%
Whites
African
Americans
Hispanics
< 100%
100-199%
200-399%
Percent of Poverty Level
400% +