3 FACTS...

Facts about women and dementia

• More women are affected by dementia than men. Worldwide, women with dementia outnumber men 2 to 1.

• Brain scans tell us that the rate at which brain cells are dying in the brain is faster in women than in men.

• Women are more likely to live longer than men. However, although risk increases with age, dementia is caused by diseases of the brain not age alone.