An elderly person has been diagnosed with a neurocognitive disorder, but the disorder is not Alzheimer's disease. Among the elderly, such a diagnosis is:
A) very rare-only about 2 percent of neurocognitive disorders are not Alzheimer's disease.
B) unusual-only about 10 percent of neurocognitive disorders are not Alzheimer's disease.
C) common-about a third of neurocognitive disorders are not Alzheimer's disease.
D) very common-about half of neurocognitive disorders are not Alzheimer's disease.

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Neurocognitive disorders in the elderly are not exclusively Alzheimer's disease. About a third of these cases are attributed to other types of neurocognitive disorders, indicating a significant prevalence of non-Alzheimer's neurocognitive conditions among the elderly.

An Elderly Person Has Been Diagnosed with a Neurocognitive Disorder