There are currently 700,000 people with dementia in the UK
There are currently 15,000 younger people with dementia in the UK. This is likely to be a major underestimate by up to three times because of the way the data relies on referrals to services
There are over 11,500 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups in the UK
There will be over a million people with dementia by 2025
Two thirds of people with dementia are women
The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia
60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly attributable to dementia by 30,000 a year
The financial cost of dementia to the UK is over £17 billion a year
Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £6 billion a year
64% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia
Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home
Research shows; “there have been major advances in the field of dementia research. However, public funding for dementia research lags far behind that of other serious medical conditions. The proportion of research papers (since 2002) devoted to these chronic disorders reveals a starkly different ordering of priorities: cancer 23.5%, cardiovascular disease 17.6%, musculoskeletal disorders 6.9%, stroke 3.1% and dementia 1.4%.”
Alzheimer Society Contacts:-
Cathy Baldwin Dementia Learning and Development Adviser, IQ/L&D
