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Women account for … almost two-thirds of all dementia deaths.
Longer lives, less heart disease and improving cancer treatments?
Is dementia more common or are other diseases killing women less.
The source material is here: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/causes-death-australia/2025
It notes that:
- there will be a report on mortality published in early 2027, and
- dementia related deaths have risen 37.3% between 2016 and 2025 On that second point, while I am not an epidemiologist nor an etioligst, that is a huge increase likely to be more than the reduction in mortality due to medical interventions in other areas.
Nowhere near the end of that hump, leaded petrol wasn’t phased out until the 90’s.
Fun fact: most of it stays locked in your bones…until age or injury starts to break them down. Then it’s a twofer!