Nearly Half of Dementia Cases Could Be Prevented or Delayed: Lancet Commission

The report lists 14 risk factors that could help prevent or delay the onset of dementia.

With the increasing number of countries entering an aged society, dementia has become a pressing issue that a lot of families and the general public need to face. Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock

An estimated 57 million people around the world are living with dementia, and that number is expected to increase to 153 million by 2050.

But a new report published by the Lancet Commission on dementia estimates that almost half of the cases of the neurological disease can likely be avoided or delayed. Twenty-seven of the world’s leading dementia experts co-authored the report.