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Dementia: five charts that help explain Britain’s biggest killer

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From a diagnosis lottery to a spiralling bill we look at the UK’s battle with the diseaseThe number of people living with dementia in England is at an all-time high, with close to half a million diagnosed cases as of June 2024.Dementia – Britain’s biggest killer – is an umbrella term for many conditions and affects more than 55 million people worldwide. In England, about 7,000 people are diagnosed every month. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/14/dementia-five-charts-that-help-explain-britain-biggest-killer

Author : Michael Goodier and Raphael Boyd

Publish date : 2024-08-14 04:00:33

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