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Australia faces rising dementia burden with over 1 million cases by 2065
Updated On: 12 September, 2025 03:26 PM IST | Canberra | IANS
Women currently outnumber men with dementia, with 266,000 women and 159,000 men affected in 2024, rising to an estimated 662,000 women and 390,000 men by 2065, it said
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More than 1 million Australians are projected to have dementia by 2065, a government report said on Friday, September 12.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's updated Dementia in Australia report, the number is expected to more than double from about 425,000 people in 2024 to 1.1 million by 2065.
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