Open AccessThe third millennium dementia epidemic
Author(s) -
Richard Tjan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
universa medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2407-2230
pISSN - 1907-3062
DOI - 10.18051/univmed.2018.v37.1-2
Subject(s) - dementia , gerontology , low and middle income countries , population , demography , medicine , geography , economic growth , environmental health , developing country , economics , sociology , disease , pathology
The global dementia epidemic now and in the future is mainly caused by the steady increase in the population of older persons, where around 2 billion people will be 60 years of age and older by 2050.(1,2) As a consequence, in that year there will be 135 million people with dementia, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where 60% of the more than 47 million cases (2015 estimate) are living now.(2)