Older People's Strategy - Newcastle City Council

115We can predict that as the number of older people increasesthere will be a corresponding increase in age-related healthproblems, most noticeably, people with dementia. Recentresearch has been undertaken for the Alzheimer’s Society by thePersonal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) regarding theprevalence and cost of dementia (Dementia UK published bythe Alzheimer’s Society 2007). The average cost of support perperson is quoted as £25,472 per annum. Based on the report,prevalence rates in Newcastle can be estimated as follows:Age Newcastle population Dementia Projected no.2005 mid-year estimate prevalence with dementia65-69 11,300 1.3% 14770-74 10,200 2.9% 29675-79 8,800 5.9% 51980-84 6,500 12.2% 79385-89 3,500 20.3% 71090-94est. 1,414 28.6% 40495+est. 364 32.5% 118Total 42,078 7.1% 2,989This indicates that 23% of people over the age of 85 are likelyto have dementia.The report also quotes the 2003 World Health Report GlobalBurden of Disease estimates in terms of people over the ageof 60 years who live with a disability (please note: these are notNewcastle figures): Dementia – 11.2%; Stroke – 9.5%;Muscular Skeletal Disorders – 8.9%; Cardio-Vascular Disease –5.0%; Cancer (all forms) – 2.4%.