Healio (2/24, Gramigna) reports, “The number of patients with dementia will likely double in Europe by 2050…a recent report by Alzheimer Europe” concludes. For that report, investigators “based their findings on a collaborative analysis of prevalence studies published after the conclusion of Alzheimer Europe’s previous project conducted between 2006 and 2008 and called the European Collaboration on Dementia.” In their report, “researchers noted the number of people within the European Union with dementia will double from the current estimate of 7,853,705 to 14,298,671 by 2050.”
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— “Dementia rates set to double in Europe by 2050, echoing US estimates, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, February 24, 2020