ADI highlights that dementia will be the third leading cause of death globally by 2040
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has published a paper in Nature Reviews Neurology to highlight the exclusion of dementia as a non-communicable (chronic) disease from policies and frameworks.
ADI wrote their paper in collaboration with the London School of Economics, and they point out data that includes dementia becoming the third leading cause of death globally by 2040 and amongst the top ten causes of death in 166 countries.
Paola Barbarino, Alzheimer’s Disease International CEO, says:
“Unlike other non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes, dementia does not receive the same funding or level of inclusion in health policy. We know that the number of people living with dementia is set to almost triple in number by 2050, to 139 million. Given the prevalence and severity of living with dementia, its omission by policy makers worldwide is perplexing.”
You can read the paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-024-01051-w