Iowa is projected to see a 14% increase in Alzheimer's cases in the next eight years. Sound scary? That's nothing. Iowa actually has the lowest projected increase of any state in the country, per 24/7 Wall St, which cites a recent Alzheimer's Association report. The 10 states with the largest projected increases in Americans with Alzheimer's cases from 2017 to 2025:
- Alaska: 55%
- Arizona: 54%
- Nevada: 49%
- Vermont: 42%
- Utah: 40%
- New Mexico: 39.5%
- South Carolina: 39.5%
- Florida: 38.5%
- Wyoming: 38%
- Idaho: 37.5%
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full list. (More on the Alzheimer's "tidal wave"
here.)