• Question: is dementia rare to get?

    Asked by anon-234367 to Debbie on 18 Nov 2019.
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      Debbie Kinsey answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      Dementia is more common when you get a lot older, so about one person in every 14 people who are over the age of 65 will get dementia, but one person in every 6 people who are over the age of 80 will get dementia. It’s very rare in young people.
      There are also different types of dementia and some kinds are more rare than others.

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