Table 1.
Worldwide costs of dementia in 2010 and 2015 (bn US dollars), based on WB country classifications 2010 and 2015
| Basis for prevalence estimates |
2010 (WAR 2009) |
2015 (WAR 2015) |
2015 (WAR 2015) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WB country classification year | 2010 |
2015 |
2010 |
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| Numbers of people with dementia (millions) | US dollars (bn) | Percent | Numbers of people with dementia (millions) | US dollars (bn) | Percent | Numbers of people with dementia (millions) | US dollars (bn) | Percent | |
| LIC | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 0.8 |
| LMIC | 9.4 | 29.2 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 15.3 | 1.9 | 14.8 | 57.1 | 7.0 |
| UMIC | 4.8 | 32.5 | 5.4 | 16.3 | 86.3 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 84.5 | 10.3 |
| HIC | 16.4 | 537.9 | 89.1 | 19.5 | 715.1 | 87.4 | 16.9 | 669.6 | 81.9 |
| Total | 35.6 | 604.0 | 100.0 | 46.8 | 817.9 | 100.0 | 46.8 | 817.9 | 100.0 |
Abbreviations: bn, billion; HIC, high-income countries; LIC, low-income countries; LMIC, lower middle-income countries; UMIC, upper middle-income countries; WAR, World Alzheimer Report; US, United States; WB, World Bank.