Data shows Black Americans twice as likely to get Alzheimer's; SC resources available

AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. NOW TO DATA ABOUT WHO IS BEING IMPACTED BY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. IT SHOWS OLDER BLACK AMERICANS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS OLDER WHITE AMERICANS TO HAVE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE OR ANOTHER TYPE OF DEMENTIA. THAT IS, ACCORDING TO THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION RESEARCH HASN’T YET IDENTIFIED THE REASON FOR THIS. BUT OFFICIALS SAY HIGHER RATES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MAY PLAY A ROLE. AND THEY SAY AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE LESS. LIKELY TO BE SCREENED FOR ALZHEIMER’S. WE. DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO GO IT ALONE. PART OF THE SOLUTION IS WORKING ON BUILDING TRUST, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT THERE TO EVERYONE TODAY WE SPOKE WITH DOCTOR KEVIN SPRINGLE. HE’S A PEDIATRICIAN IN THE UPSTATE, AND HE ALSO. PARTICIPATES IN THE ANNUAL RIDE TO END ALZHEIMER’S. HE SAYS HIS MOTHER IN LAW’S DIAGNOSIS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN SPIRES HIM TO RIDE AND RAISE AWARENESS. I WANT PEOPLE TO TO NOT BE AFRAID TO NOT SAY THIS IS JUST NORMAL AGING, BECAUSE SO OFTEN, OH, THEY’RE JUST IT’S JUST OLDER AGE, YOU KNOW, AND SO PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING OLDER AND THEY’RE SO NOW THEREFORE THEY’RE HAVING SOME MEMORY LOSS. WELL, NO, WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER. START WITH YOUR PRIMARY CARE. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. MORE THAN ONE 122,000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE OR ANOTHER TYPE OF DEMENTIA. AND STATEWIDE DATA SHOWS AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE AN AVERAGE OF 35% MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS, COMPARED TO THEIR NON-HISPANIC WHITE COUNTERPARTS. BREAKING DOWN THOSE NUMBERS BY COUNTY, IT’S 26%. IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, 18% IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, AND 37% IN ANDERSON COUNTY. YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO MORE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARLY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ALZHEIMER’S, INCLUDING WHAT IS NORMAL AND WHAT