Ismail A Khatri, Mohammad Wasay.
Dementia - the next impending epidemic knocking on our door - are we ready?.
Pak J Neurological Sci Jan ;8(3):1-3.

Late-onset dementias are life-shortening diseases of largely unknown cause. Predictions of the number of persons living with dementia by 2050 have spawned alarming headlines forecasting a “tsunami” of dementia cases that will overwhelm families and health care systems and impose unbearable economic burdens [Whalley]. The world population of elderly persons will continue to rise rapidly and by the year 2045 will overtake the number of children, which will remain stable [Sosa-Ortiz]. The number of people with dementia in an ageing world is estimated to reach 66 million by the year 2030 and 115 million by 2050. The main increase will take place in low-to-middle income countries (LMIC), where more than 70% of the people with dementia will live by 2050 [Wortmann]. In LMIC where resources to diagnose and treat dementia are limited, dementia is the most important independent contributor to disability in the elderly [Maestre].

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