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COMPELLING DATA
State public health agencies can also participate In 2015–2016, 49 states, the District of
in additional national data collection efforts beyond Columbia, and Puerto Rico used the BRFSS
BRFSS. One opportunity, for example, is to assess Cognitive Decline Module, generating a
quality of services and use through Merit-based nationwide sample of more than 227,000
Incentive Payment System and Physician Quality respondents aged 45 and older. CDC
Reporting System measures. Such data, when analysis of these results indicates:
reported, is useful to set priorities, inform policies, » 11.2% of U.S. adults aged 45 and older
communicate impact, and monitor trends. Participation report subjective cognitive decline
in national data collection efforts helps states to learn (SCD);
from each other and compare burden and other
impacts of Alzheimer’s and other dementias and » Among people with SCD, 50.6%
caregiver health. • reported having functional limitations
because of their SCD;
» 15.2% of adults aged 45 and older with
any chronic disease reported SCD;
» More than one in eight (13.8%) of all
adults who live alone reported SCD. 46
In 2015–2016, 38 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico implemented
Healthy Aging Data Portal the BRFSS Caregiver Module, generating a
sample of almost 233,000 respondents aged
CDC’s Healthy Aging Data Portal contains 18 and older. Of those respondents, nearly
data on cognitive health and caregiving 50,000 reported providing regular care or
from the BRFSS modules as well as many assistance to a loved one with a health
other key indicators of health and well-being,
screenings and vaccinations, and mental problem or disability, and nearly 5,000 did
health among older adults at the national and so primarily because of dementia or other
state levels. cognitive impairment. 53
cdc.gov/aging/agingdata/index.html Ongoing collection of state-level data on The Action Agenda
subjective cognitive decline and caregiving
is important in order to assist state health
officials and policymakers with projections
and planning for services and implementing III.
programs related to Road Map Actions. 37
