Question: are males or females more likely to get alzheimer's?
Answer: Alzheimer's Is More Likely in Women Aside from the fact that 60% of all Alzheimer's caregivers are women, at the age of 65, women have a 1 in 5 chance of developing Alzheimer's, compared to a 1 in 11 chance for men. Additionally, out of the 5 million people living with Alzheimer's in the U.S., 3.2 million are women.