Disability-adjusted life year for<unk>  per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004. Worldwide, it is estimated there are 31 million<unk>  survivors, though about 6 million deaths were due to<unk>  (2nd most common cause of death in the world and 6th most common cause of disability).<unk>  primarily occurs with advanced age; the risk for developing it goes up significantly after 65 years of age.<unk>  tends to occur earlier than Alzheimer's Disease (which is rare before the age of 80). In some countries such as Japan,<unk>  is more common than AD. In 2012 6.4 million US individuals (adults) had a<unk> , which corresponds to 2.7% in the U.S. With approximately 129,000 deaths in 2013 (U.S.) Geographically, a<unk>  belt" in the US has long been known, similar to the "diabetes belt" which includes all of Mississippi and parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Cerebrovascular disease
Anti-Hu associated encephalitis
Cardiovascular disease
Disease
Stroke
Cancer
Urologic disease
Central nervous system disease