Dementia costs hit $604 bln in 2010

LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The worldwide costs of dementia will reach $604 bln in 2010, more than one percent of global GDP output, and those costs will soar as the number of sufferers triples by 2050, according to a report on Tuesday. To show the scale of the problem, an Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) report said that if the costs of caring for an estimated 35.6 mln people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias were seen as a country, it would be the world's 18th largest economy, ranking between Turkey and Indonesia.