DEMENTIA

141,000 Quebecers living with dementia

564,000 Canadians living with dementia

937,000 Canadians expected to have dementia by 2031

45M People worldwide with dementia

135M People expected to have dementia by 2050

$1T The expected cost of treating dementia in 2018, which would qualify as the 18th economy in the world if it was a country.

3 Every three seconds, there is a new case of dementia in the world.

85 Age at which 35 to 40 per cent of people will have dementia.

Wednesday is World Alzheimer’s Day. For more information about the new clinical study on neurodegenerative diseases, visit ccna-ccnv.ca. To participate, call 514-340-8222, local 5267, or email victor.whitehead@ladydavis.ca.