Det finns säkert statistik för det här i Sverige, men jag hittade följande för USA via Morningstar. Tänker att det gav mig i alla fall en liten reality-check för hur fördelningen ser ut.
Behov av långtidsvård
70.0%: Percentage of people turning age 65 who will develop a severe long-term-care need in their lifetimes.
48.0%: Percentage of people turning age 65 who will need some type of paid long-term-care services in their lifetimes.
24.0%: Percentage of people turning age 65 who will require paid long-term care for more than two years.
15.0%: Percentage of people turning age 65 who will spend more than two years in a nursing home.
3.7 years: Average duration of long-term-care need for women who require long-term care.
2.2 years: Average duration of long-term-care need for men who require long-term care.
67.9%: Percentage of people in long-stay nursing facilities who are women.
83.1%: Percentage of nursing home residents who are age 65 or older.
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48.8%: Percentage of nursing home residents with a diagnosis of depression.
17.0%: Percentage of nursing home residents who have experienced a fall.
49.1%: Percentage of nursing home residents who have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.
57.6%: Percentage of long-stay nursing home residents who have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.
35.8%: Percentage of short-stay nursing home residents who have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.
5.0%: Percentage of Americans ages 65 to 74 who have Alzheimer’s dementia.
13.1%: Percentage of Americans ages 75 to 84 who have Alzheimer’s dementia.
33.0%: Percentage of Americans over age 85 who have Alzheimer’s dementia.
11.6%: Estimated lifetime risk of dementia at age 65, men.
21.1%: Estimated lifetime risk of dementia at age 65, women.
19.0%: Percentage of Black people age 65 and older who have Alzheimer’s dementia.
14.0%: Percentage of Hispanic people age 65 and older who have Alzheimer’s dementia.
10.0%: Percentage of white people age 65 and older who have Alzheimer’s dementia.
145.0%: Percentage increase in the number of people who died from Alzheimer’s dementia, 2000-19
-7.0%: Percentage decrease in the number of people who died from heart disease, 2000-19.
5.8 years: Average life expectancy following an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.