Over 70 Percent of Canadian Alzheimer’s Patients are Women

CTV News reported that in Canada, women make up nearly 72 percent of Alzheimer’s patients. Almost the same percentage of women give up “years of their lives” to be family caregivers.

As quoted in the market news:

Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, a condition that affects 747,000 Canadians. Age is a significant risk factor for dementia, and because women live longer than men, there are more of them suffering from symptoms that include memory loss, impaired judgment, and personality and behavioural changes.

For Alzheimer Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada is launching a national campaign called ‘The 72%’ to inform women in their forties and older about the 10 warning signs of the disease.

The Society also notes that the disease impacts women in another devastating way. Women make up about 70 per cent of family caregivers, who are often caring for a loved one while working and raising their own families

Click here to read the full CTV News report.