Dementia Facts and Stats
WHO Dementia Facts and Stats
A public health priority
What are the symptoms?
- Difficulties with everyday tasks
- Confusion in familiar environments
- Difficulty with words and
- Memory loss
- Changes in mood and behaviour
Who is affected?
Nearly 10 million new cases every year
One every 3 seconds
2050: 152 million
2030: 82 million
2015: 50 million people worldwide
What is the cause?
- Conditions that affect the
- brain, such as Alzheimer’s
- disease, stroke or head injury
What does it cost?
US$818 billion: 2015
estimated costs to society in 2015
US$2 trillion: 2030
Majority of people who will develop dementia will be in low- and middle-income countries
Families and friends provide most of the care
Carers experience physical,
emotional and financial stress