Statistics on the burden of dementia: need for stronger data

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Dementia primarily affects an individual's cognitive function and many aspects of life are negatively affected by cognitive decline. There are no approved disease-modifying drugs and no approved prevention strategies for dementia; a heavy burden is placed on the individual who has dementia, their family, and society. In The Lancet Neurology, a report1 from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 Dementia Collaborators presents estimates of dementia-related deaths, prevalence, quality of life measures, and risk factors, with the aim of documenting global patterns and providing data for research, and to guide a wide range of public health investments.