Dementia in UK
There are currently 800,000 people withdementia in the UK.
There are over 17,000 younger people with dementia in the UK.
There are over 25,000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK.
There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021.
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 will be over £23 billion in 2012.
There are 670,000 carers of people with dementia in the UK
Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £8 billion a year.
80% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia or severe memory problems.
Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.
Only 44% of people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive a diagnosis
UK dementia statistics
Affects 820,000 people in the UK
Financial cost is over £23bn pa, that is twice that of cancer, three times the impact of heart disease and four times that of stroke
Two thirds (425,000) of people live in the community, one third (244,000) in a care home
Two thirds of people with dementia are women (446k) and one third men (223,000)
Affects 1 in 100 people aged 65-69, 1 in 25 aged 70-79 and 1 in 6 people aged over 80
Key risks from assessment are falls and walking about (60% experience walking about)
25 million people, or 42% of the UK population, are affected by dementia through knowing a close friend or family member with the condition. (Source: Alzheimer's Research Trust / YouGov poll, 2008)
163,000 new cases of dementia occur in England and Wales each year - one every 3.2 minutes
The number of people in UK with dementia is expected to double in
There are over 17,000 younger people with dementia in the UK.
There are over 25,000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK.
There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021.
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 will be over £23 billion in 2012.
There are 670,000 carers of people with dementia in the UK
Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £8 billion a year.
80% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia or severe memory problems.
Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.
Only 44% of people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive a diagnosis
UK dementia statistics
Affects 820,000 people in the UK
Financial cost is over £23bn pa, that is twice that of cancer, three times the impact of heart disease and four times that of stroke
Two thirds (425,000) of people live in the community, one third (244,000) in a care home
Two thirds of people with dementia are women (446k) and one third men (223,000)
Affects 1 in 100 people aged 65-69, 1 in 25 aged 70-79 and 1 in 6 people aged over 80
Key risks from assessment are falls and walking about (60% experience walking about)
25 million people, or 42% of the UK population, are affected by dementia through knowing a close friend or family member with the condition. (Source: Alzheimer's Research Trust / YouGov poll, 2008)
163,000 new cases of dementia occur in England and Wales each year - one every 3.2 minutes
The number of people in UK with dementia is expected to double in