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The dementia tsunami: Alzheimer's disease and other dementias expected to triple by 2050

By Lesley Russell
Updated April 23 2018 - 10:57pm, first published September 1 2015 - 5:47pm

Currently 14 per cent of Australians are aged 65 and over and by 2050 these older Australians will make up a quarter of the population. This "grey tsunami" is propelling the number of cases of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias on a trajectory to triple by 2050 with a consequent impact on the healthcare budget and the economy as a whole.

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