TOKYO, May 09 (News On Japan) –
A latest examine by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has revealed that roughly 4.43 million aged people, or one in eight individuals over the age of 65, are identified with dementia in Japan.
The survey was carried out throughout 4 areas, together with Hisayama in Fukuoka Prefecture and the previous Nakajima city in Ishikawa Prefecture, concentrating on all residents aged 65 and older.
The findings indicated that, as of 2022, 12.3% of the inhabitants surveyed had been identified with dementia.
From these outcomes, it’s estimated that about one in each eight aged people nationwide, totaling 4.43 million, suffers from the situation.
A earlier survey by the Ministry in 2012 reported that 15.0% of the aged, or 4.62 million individuals, had dementia. Moreover, whereas the 2012 projections for dementia prevalence by 2050 had been estimated at 7.97 million people, present estimates counsel a lower to five.86 million.
Professor Toshiharu Ninomiya from the Graduate School of Kyushu University, who carried out the survey, attributes the decline in future projections to decreased smoking charges, higher administration of life-style illnesses, and elevated well being consciousness that will have slowed cognitive decline.
Additionally, the latest survey discovered that 15.5% of the aged are in a state of “mild cognitive impairment,” which is a precursor to dementia. This is a rise from 13.0% in 2012, and the quantity is now estimated to exceed 5.58 million individuals nationwide.
A Ministry spokesperson emphasised the common danger of dementia with growing old and expressed a need to advance insurance policies geared toward realizing a society coexisting with dementia.
Source: ANN