Alzheimer's Society

Statistics

There are currently 700,000 people with dementia in the UK.
There are currently 15,000 younger people with dementia in the UK.
There are over 11,500 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups in the UK.
There will be over a million people with dementia by 2025.
Two thirds of people with dementia are women.
The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group.
One third of people over 95 have dementia.
60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia.
Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly attributable to dementia by 30,000 a year.
The financial cost of dementia to the UK is over £17 billion a year.
Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £6 billion a year.
64% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia.
Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.

Further information

Alzheimer's Society position on demography

The number of people with dementia is steadily increasing. The Alzheimer’s Society believes that careful planning for the future is needed now to ensure that the right care and support is available. Click on the link above to read our demography policy.

Dementia UK Report

The report Dementia UK, published in February 2007, provides the most up-to-date evaluation of the numbers of people with dementia in the UK, projections on numbers of people in the future and the prevalence of dementia.