Alzheimer's Disease

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease is plaguing the world and is currently the most common cause of dementia. Characterized by the rapid progression of amyloid plaque buildup and tangled bundles of fibers causing cell death, Alzheimer’s disease affects a person’s memory, thinking and behavior. As the disease spreads out across the brain, various functions of the brain are lost. The brain death continues until complications lead to death. In this study, we will analyses risk factors for Alzheimer’s. There are three primary hypotheses including that females will have a higher age-adjusted mortality rate (AAMR) than males, those living in poverty will have a higher AAMR, and finally white individuals will have a higher AAMR than black individuals. To analyze these hypotheses, we used data from the CDC WONDER Online Database and tested the hypothesis using statistical tests. Overall it was found that white individuals have a higher AAMR than black individuals, those who live in poverty have a higher AAMR than those who do not, and finally females have a higher AAMR than males.