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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Dementia risk factors pose more danger for ethnic minorities, finds study

The hands of a resident at a nursing home
‘This is not just a public health problem, it is a political problem too. We need a national prevention strategy that tackles health inequalities,’ said the head of policy at Alzheimer’s Research UK. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

The most common risk factors for dementia appear to have a more pronounced effect in black and Asian people, a study suggests, prompting calls for greater efforts to tackle health inequalities.

The number of adults living with dementia worldwide is on course to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050. Experts say the disease presents a major and rapidly growing threat to future health and social care systems in every community, country and continent.

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