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Pam S
Tue Mar 20 2007, 11:36AM

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  • The number of people with dementia in the UK - now 700,000 - will rise by a million to 1.7m by 2050

  • According to estimates, within 2 decades there will be a million people with dementia

  • Fewer than one in four of those with dementia are accurately diagnosed

  • This year for the first time, there will be more pensioners than children in the UK

  • Dementia affects one in five people over 80 years of age and one in 20 aged over 65



At the moment dementia costs Scotland £1.4 billion as 58,000 people there have dementia.

By 2030, the number of Americans with dementia is expected to more than double to 5.2 million, while those 65 and older with Alzheimer's is predicted to grow 50 percent, to 7.7 million.



[ Edited Mon Apr 30 2007, 05:24AM ]
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