News Report | November 4, 2018
Half Of Women & A Third Of Men Will Develop Dementia, Parkinson’s, Or Stroke
At age 45, approximately 48.2% of women, and 36.2% of men are at risk for developing dementia, Parkinson's disease, or stroke by age 70. Among both men and women, about 14.5% are at risk of being diagnosed with more than one of these three conditions.
These findings were reported in “Lifetime Risk Of Common Neurological Diseases In The Elderly Population” by Silvan Licher, Sirwan K. L. Darweesh, Frank J. Wolters, Lana Fani, Alis Heshmatollah, Unal Mutlu, Peter J. Koudstaal, Jan Heeringa, Maarten J. G. Leening, M. Kamran Ikram, and M. Arfan Ikram. The researchers analyzed the . . .