"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness" ~ John Steinbeck
Alaska Neurological Data
20%
Traumatic Brain Injury
Alaska has one of the highest number of people experiencing traumatic brain injuries in the nation. From 2012-2016, about 1 out of every 5 reported injuries in Alaska included a brain injury... https://health.alaska.gov/dph/chronic/pages/injuryprevention/tbi
Click the link above to read the article from Alaska.gov on TBI prevention or below to see more information about Alaska's Brain Injury Network.
1.2%
Epilepsy
Prevalence. It's estimated that about 1.2 percent of U.S. people have active epilepsy. This comes out to about 3.4 million people nationwide — and more than 65 million globally. Additionally, about 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point during their lifetime.
In Alaska, over 6,000 people are living with epilepsy.
Increasing numbers
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in Alaska
The number of people with ADRD (Alzheimer's disease and related dementias) in Alaska is growing quickly. Alaska is one of five states with the highest projected increase in percentage of people with ADRD. The other states are Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming and Vermont.
ADRDs are estimated to affect 12,500 Alaskans over the age of 65.
By 2030 the number of elders with ADRD will almost double, to 23,900 older adults. (State of Alaska, Alaska Commission on Aging, 2019)