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Dementia affects 19 million people in OECD countries with health and social costs to exceed $1 trillion a year

Brussels, 13/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

In 2017, dementia affected nearly 19 million people in the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the health and social costs of the condition at global level are expected to exceed $1 trillion a year in 2018, according to a report published on Tuesday 12 June.

With increasing numbers of people aged 80 or more in their populations, until a cure or basic treatment has been found, the number of sufferers is expected to rise, reaching 41 million people...