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Valley Latinos face lower Alzheimer’s mortality rates than whites. The big question: why?

November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, a reminder that mortality data places Alzheimer’s disease as the fifth leading cause of death across the entire San Joaquin Valley, claiming 9,061 lives between 2019 and 2023. Only heart disease, cancer, COVID-19 and accidents ranked ahead of Alzheimer’s, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The disease, which […]