Question

What is meant by “a global epidemic of dementia?”

Answer 1

Dementia is defined as a neuro-degenerative disorder usually associated with Alzheimer's disease and is characterized by forgetfulness and low cognitive abilities. Dementia prevalence is rising all around the world as it is also considered as one of the common disorders of elderly generation. It is seen that elder population in the world is rising at an alarming rate and therefore the diseases like dementia is increasing in its prevalence.

Global epidemic of any disease is referred to as the worldwide prevalence and spread of disease, global epidemic of dementia is the current issue faced by the world. It is estimated that around 47.5 million people in world are living with dementia and this number will increase to triple till 2050. Most common diseases associated with dementia are Vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.The global epidemic it is stated top be because it cause economic burden of around US$604 billion a year globally.