Understanding risk factors for dementia

Use the Alzheimer's Society interactive tool to understand how different factors can affect your risk of dementia. Risk factors include age, genetics, lifestyle choices and health conditions.

These numbers are based on the estimated number of people currently living with dementia in the UK and published evidence on the size of the effect of each risk factor. Download more information on the data sources.

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