World dementia 'time bomb' warning

Angel · **World dementia 'time bomb' warning -** 19-12-2005, 10:10 AM

The number of people with dementia across the world is set to double every 20 years, according to new research.

The study found a new case of dementia arises every seven seconds and experts say the illness is a "ticking time bomb" for the governments around the globe.

Its estimates that 24.3 million people currently have dementia, with 4.6 million new cases being diagnosed annually.

By 2040 the number will have risen to 81.1 million. The report, which has been produced for Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) and published in the Lancet, comes 100 years after the first description of Alzheimer's disease.

It says that most people living with dementia are in the developing world, with five million in China alone.

This compares with 4.8 million in Western Europe and 3.4 million in North America.

The study also highlights how the rate of growth of dementia in the developing world already far exceeds that of richer countries.
The increase is predicted to be three to four times higher in developing regions than in developed areas. By 2040 there will be as many people with dementia in China alone as in the whole of the developed world put together.

"We are faced with a ticking time bomb," explained ADI chairman Orien Reid. "Governments must start to plan policy, and allocate health and welfare resources for the future. Another cause for concern is that millions of these cases of dementia are going undiagnosed - meaning that, through ignorance and stigma, people aren't receiving the care and services that they so desperately need."

JNUS · 21-12-2005, 08:24 PM

Dementia is dzs of old age, so its prevalence is more in countries with high life expectancy like china, or any western countries. It develops and risk increases with age ( senile).
Most common cause - Alzheimer's Disease
other lewy body dementia, Parkinson’s disease , Pick’s disease ,Huntington’s disease, multi-infarct
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Junior students will found hindi movie - Maine Gandhi ko Nai mara, nice to get some info about dementia.