Dementia: five charts that help explain Britain’s biggest killer
by Michael Goodier and Raphael Boyd from World news | The Guardian on (#6PZ0X)
From a diagnosis lottery to a spiralling bill we look at the UK's battle with the disease
The number of people living with dementia in England is at an all-time high, with close to half a million diagnosed cases as of June 2024.
Dementia - Britain's biggest killer - is an umbrella term for many conditions and affects more than 55 million people worldwide. In England, about 7,000 people are diagnosed every month.
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