Improved Survival Rates for People with Dementia: Global Study Finds
A new multinational study published in Communications Medicine has found that people diagnosed with dementia are living longer than in previous decades, signaling encouraging progress in dementia diagnosis, treatment, and care. The research, led by Dr. Hao Luo from the University of Waterloo, analyzed survival trends among more than 1.2 million people over the age of 60 across eight regions from 2000 to 2018.
Dementia remains a major public health concern worldwide.
The research team assessed hospital data from Ontario, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Finland, Germany, and New Zealand. The study found that in five of those regions including Ontario individuals diagnosed with dementia today have a lower risk of death compared to previous years. These five regions accounted for 84 percent of the study population.
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