- Dementia incidence continues to increase with age, with dementia incidence doubles every 5 years from ages 65 to 90 years.
- Across all regions of the world, dementia disproportionately affects women.
- More women live with dementia than men. The prevalence is higher for women than for men; women are more at risk of developing dementia and the symptoms they live with are more severe.
- More women are affected by dementia than men. Worldwide, women with dementia outnumber men 2 to 1.
- Brain scans tell us that the rate at which brain cells are dying in the brain is faster in women than in men.
