UK dementia statistics

One in six people

aged 80 or over

have dementia

Two thirds of people

with dementia

are women

60,000

Deaths per year

directly attributable

to dementia

40,000

Younger people

with dementia

£26 billion

the annual financial cost of dementia

in the UK

850,000

the number

of people

with dementia

One in six people aged 80 or over have dementia

Two thirds of people with dementia are women

60,000

Deaths per year directly attributable to dementia

40,000

Younger people with dementia

670,000

carers of people with dementia

£26 billion

the annual financial cost of dementia in the UK

850,000

the number of people with dementia

One in six people aged 80 or over have dementia

Two thirds of people with dementia are women

60,000

Deaths per year directly attributable to dementia

40,000

Younger people with dementia

670,000

carers of people with dementia

£26 billion

the annual financial cost of dementia in the UK

850,000

the number of people with dementia