Dementia cases could surpass previous estimates by 40 percent, highlighting the need for prevention.
“Then, they analyzed how dementia incidence changed over time based on age, sex, and education. They found that dementia incidence decreased by 28.8 percent between 2002 and 2008 and then increased by 25.2 percent between 2008 and 2016 (nearly 3 percent per year).”