Distribution of dementia deaths in the U.S. in 2017, by location of death
This statistic shows the distribution of deaths in the U.S. with dementia as the underlying cause in 2017, by location of death. In that year, there were a total of 261,914 deaths in which dementia was the underlying cause. Around 60 percent of these deaths occured in a hospice, nursing home, or long-term care facility.