India witnesses rise in Alzheimer-related cases

Moscow: With the number of individuals living with dementia increasing globally owing to aging population, a study on Wednesday revealed that India witnessed a significant growth in the number of Alzheimer’s disease and other cases of dementia from 1990 till 2016. India witnessed nearly 2.9 million cases of Alzheimer’s disease and other cases of dementia in the 26-year period and nearly 1.4 lakh deaths arising from the problem. The results showed that the number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s and other dementia increased from 20.2 million in 1990 to 43.8 million globally in 2016. Of these, 27 million were women and 16.8 million were men. (IANS)

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