• Question: How many people get dementia out of 10?

    Asked by SantaClaus838 to Adrian, Iroise, Joe, Rachel, Ria on 10 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Rachel Harris

      Rachel Harris answered on 10 Nov 2016:

      Around 1 in 10 people over the age 65 get dementia.
      Half of people over the age of 85 have dementia.
      850,000 people in the UK have dementia (around 1.3% of the UK population)

    • Photo: Ria Vaportzis

      Ria Vaportzis answered on 10 Nov 2016:

      Keep in mind that stats are for dementia in general. Dementia is an umbrella term, and some types of dementia are more prevalent than others.

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