Essential Tidbits Physicians Want Patients to Know About Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's targets some ethnicities above others
Despite its unpredictability mentioned above, Alzheimer’s has been observed to target some ethnicities more than others. For instance, Hispanics are about 50% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s compared to Caucasians. In the same vein, the disease is also 100% more frequent in African-American individuals—even more so if they are women, which make up around two-thirds of the number of people who suffer from the disease.
