An estimated 5.5 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer's disease. Of the estimated 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's dementia in 2017, an estimated 5.3 million are age 65 and older and approximately 200,000 individuals are under age 65 and have younger-onset Alzheimer's. One in 10 people age 65 and older (10 percent) has Alzheimer's dementia.
Naturally, some smarty pants might make a case for smiles being the longest word in the English language. Sure, it has only six letters, but you can also truthfully say that there is a âmile between the first and last letters!
If you consider more obscure words, however, you'll find that aftercataracts and tesseradecades, are the longest words at 14 characters. Using only your right hand, the longest word you can type is lollipop but if you permit the use of dashes, then Johnny-Jump-Up â a type of flower â becomes the longest word you can type with only the right hand. Other words that you can type only with your left hand are retweet, gazette, eraser, and seatbelt. Other right hand words ...