Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – The Lancet Public Health

News Release: Global dementia cases set to triple by 2050 unless countries address risk factors – The Lancet

Commentaries:

Forecasting the prevalence of dementia – The Lancet Public Health

Dementia cases expected to almost triple across the world by 2050 – BBC

Number of adults with dementia to exceed 150m by 2050, study finds – The Guardian

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

?✨First #GBDstudy forecasts global #dementia cases set to triple by 2050 (up from 57m in 2019 to expected 153m people) unless countries address risk factors: #smoking, #obesity, #HighBloodSugar, & low #education??

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