In the [[United States]], dementia and [[Alzheimer's disease]] is the #2 cause of death <ref>[https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/united-states-life-expectancy UNITED STATES : LIFE EXPECTANCY]</ref> In [[Japan]], which has a longer life expectancy than the United States and has a populace that eats a healthier diet, dementia and Alzheimers diseases is the #14 cause of death.<ref>[https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/japan-life-expectancy Japan life expectancy]</ref> In 2014, the ''Washington Post'' indicated that a new study indicated that Alzheimer's disease was the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States, but this study did not include dementia as well.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-study-ranks-alzheimers-as-third-leading-cause-of-death-after-heart-disease-and-cancer/2014/03/05/8097a452-a48a-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html?noredirect=on New study ranks Alzheimer’s as third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer], ''Washington Post'', 2014</ref> | In the [[United States]], dementia and [[Alzheimer's disease]] is the #2 cause of death <ref>[https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/united-states-life-expectancy UNITED STATES : LIFE EXPECTANCY]</ref> In [[Japan]], which has a longer life expectancy than the United States and has a populace that eats a healthier diet, dementia and Alzheimers diseases is the #14 cause of death.<ref>[https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/japan-life-expectancy Japan life expectancy]</ref> In 2014, the ''Washington Post'' indicated that a new study indicated that Alzheimer's disease was the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States, but this study did not include dementia as well.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-study-ranks-alzheimers-as-third-leading-cause-of-death-after-heart-disease-and-cancer/2014/03/05/8097a452-a48a-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html?noredirect=on New study ranks Alzheimer’s as third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer], ''Washington Post'', 2014</ref> |