Number of adults with dementia to exceed 150m by 2050, study finds
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#5TRAQ)
Experts describe data from first study of its kind as shocking and warn of rapidly growing threat'
The number of adults living with dementia worldwide is on course to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050, according to the first study of its kind.
Experts described the data as shocking and said it was clear that dementia presented a major and rapidly growing threat to future health and social care systems" in every community, country and continent.
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