For WAD 2011 in India, some recent projections per States (from The ARDSI Dementia India Report, 2010).

By Sailesh Mishra, 

Founder President - Silver Inning Foundation
Founder – ARDSI Greater Mumbai Chapter

"On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day on 21st Sep 2011  ARDSI (Alzheimer's & Related Disorders Society of India) Greater Mumbai in association with ‘Silver Inning Foundation’ is proud to Announce Fortnight Programme from 7^th Sep 2011 to 27^th Sep 2011  to create awareness about  Dementia and Alzheimer’s in city of Mumbai. 

All over India ARDSI and its networking organisation will hold awareness campaign.

New case of dementia arises every seven seconds in the world . And India will have one of the largest numbers of elders with this mind crippling illness.

According to many scientific estimates published worldwide, a new case of dementia arises every seven seconds in the world with the number of people with dementia set to double every 20 years. The global figures are estimated at 36 million people living with Alzheimer’s and related disorders as per Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) World Report 2010.  By 2040, over 82 million elderly people are expected to have AD if the current numbers hold and no preventive treatments become available.

 

The number of persons with dementia double every 5 years of age and so India will have one of the largest numbers of elders with this problem. As per the current estimates of 3% of Elderly population , India has about 3.7 million persons with dementia (2.1 million women and 1.5 million men) and this figure will double by 2030 to about 7 million persons. 

The cost of caring as a country has been conservatively estimated at present is Rs. 14,700 Crores. While the numbers are expected to double by 2030, cost would increase three times.

The study, the first such authenticated one ever undertaken in a developing country, was done by Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI), a non-profit organization established in 1992, which has published a country status report on Dementia (The Dementia India Report 2010).

By 2026 more than 500,000 older PwD are expected to be living in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. In other states, (Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) around 20,000 to 40,000 PwD are expected within the next 26 years. Compared to 2006, Delhi, Bihar and Jharkhand are expected to experience 200% (or greater) increment in total number of dementia cases over 26-year period . Other states (Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) are expected to experience  100% (or more) change in number of people older PwD.

By the years 2026, more than 50 % of PwD in India is expected to be living in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal  and  less than 20% PwD  can be seen in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and North East states."

 Mumbai Programme detail:

http://ardsigreatermumbai.blogspot.com/2011/09/world-alzheimers-day-2011-awareness.html

and at : http://alzheimerdiseaseinindia.blogspot.com/2011/09/world-alzheimers-day-in-india-2011-pan.html


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Sailesh Mishra

Founder President - Silver Inning Foundation
Founder – ARDSI Greater Mumbai Chapter

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