Georgia’s death toll from Alzheimer’s disease has increased by 201 percent since the year 2000, and now exceeds 3,700 people annually.
That jump was included in new statistics on the disease released Tuesday by the Alzheimer’s Association at a state Capitol news conference.
An estimated 140,000 Georgians are living with Alzheimer’s, and the number is expected to rise to 190,000 by 2025.
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