In 2009, Alzheimer’s Disease International published The World Alzheimer Report: The Global Prevalence of Dementia. This report presents the most comprehensive global prevalence study of dementia to date and looks at levels of mortality, disability, strain on carers and dependency. The report also offers examples of good national dementia plans and information on health service responses. Importantly, the report also includes eight recommendations that will provide a global framework for action on dementia.
Estimated Prevalence of Dementia in 2010
The following table is reproduced from the World Alzheimer’s Report. It shows the total population over 60, estimated prevalence of dementia (2010), estimated number of people with dementia (2010, 2030 and 2050) and proportionate increases (2010-2030 and 2010-2050) by world region.
Region |
Over 60 population (millions) |
Crude estimated prevalence (%) |
Number of people with dementia (millions) |
Proportionateincreases (%) |
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2010 |
2010 |
2010 |
2030 |
2050 |
2010-2030 |
2010-2050 |
|
ASIA |
406.55 |
3.9 |
15.94 |
33.04 |
60.92 |
107 |
282 |
Australasia |
4.82 |
6.4 |
0.31 |
0.53 |
0.79 |
71 |
157 |
Asia Pacific |
46.63 |
6.1 |
2.83 |
5.36 |
7.03 |
89 |
148 |
Oceania |
0.49 |
4.0 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.10 |
100 |
400 |
Asia, Central |
7.16 |
4.6 |
0.33 |
0.56 |
1.19 |
70 |
261 |
Asia, East |
171.61 |
3.2 |
5.49 |
11.93 |
22.54 |
117 |
311 |
Asia, South |
124.61 |
3.6 |
4.48 |
9.31 |
18.12 |
108 |
304 |
Asia, Southeast |
51.22 |
4.8 |
2.48 |
5.30 |
11.13 |
114 |
349 |
EUROPE |
160.18 |
6.2 |
9.95 |
13.95 |
18.65 |
40 |
87 |
Europe, Western |
97.27 |
7.2 |
6.98 |
10.03 |
13.44 |
44 |
93 |
Europe, Central |
23.61 |
4.7 |
1.10 |
1.57 |
2.10 |
43 |
91 |
Europe, East |
39.30 |
4.8 |
1.87 |
2.36 |
3.10 |
26 |
66 |
THE AMERICAS |
120.74 |
6.5 |
7.82 |
14.78 |
27.08 |
89 |
246 |
North America |
63.67 |
6.9 |
4.38 |
7.13 |
11.01 |
63 |
151 |
Caribbean |
5.06 |
6.5 |
0.33 |
0.62 |
1.04 |
88 |
215 |
Latin America, Andean |
4.51 |
5.6 |
0.25 |
0.59 |
1.29 |
136 |
416 |
Latin America, Central |
19.54 |
6.1 |
1.19 |
2.79 |
6.37 |
134 |
435 |
Latin America, Southern |
8.74 |
7.0 |
0.61 |
1.08 |
1.83 |
77 |
200 |
Latin America, Tropical |
19.23 |
5.5 |
1.05 |
2.58 |
5.54 |
146 |
428 |
AFRICA |
71.07 |
2.6 |
1.86 |
3.92 |
8.74 |
111 |
370 |
North Africa / Middle East |
31.11 |
3.7 |
1.15 |
2.59 |
6.19 |
125 |
438 |
Sub-Saharan Africa, Central |
3.93 |
1.8 |
0.07 |
0.12 |
0.24 |
71 |
243 |
Sub-Saharan Africa, East |
16.03 |
2.3 |
0.36 |
0.69 |
1.38 |
92 |
283 |
Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern |
4.66 |
2.1 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
0.20 |
70 |
100 |
Sub-Saharan Africa, West |
15.33 |
1.2 |
0.18 |
0.35 |
0.72 |
94 |
300 |
WORLD |
758.54 |
4.7 |
35.56 |
65.69 |
115.38 |
85 |
225 |
How to Get a Copy of the Report
You can get a copy of this report in your language here:
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Executive Summary (PDF, 24 pages, 478KB)
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 (PDF, 96 pages, 1284KB)
- 2009 Executive Summary - German (PDF, 24 pages, 490KB)
- 2009 Executive Summary - Spanish (PDF, 24 pages, 486KB)
- 2009 Executive Summary - French (PDF, 24 pages, 487KB)
- 2009 Executive Summary - Japanese (PDF, 24 pages, 2925KB)
- 2009 Executive Summary - Portuguese (PDF, 24 pages, 493KB)
- Appendix 1 (List of Global Burden of Disease regions) (PDF, 3 pages, 18KB)
- Appendix 5 (List of studies included in and excluded from meta-analysis) (PDF, 17 pages, 132KB)
Other World Alzheimer Reports
This is the first in a series of World Alzheimer Reports that ADI has commissioned, each on a different topic. Find out more about the World Alzheimer Reports.
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