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Data and reports
Additional information on the prevalence of dementia in Kent, shown by district, PCN and deprivation status, and trends since 2016 can be found in our Health and Social Care Maps self-serve tool.
Dementia
Dementias are a range of diseases characterised by progressive changes to the brain. They can affect anyone but become more common with age. The number of elderly people with dementia is increasing as people are generally living longer.
Over half of those with dementia have Alzheimer's disease and up to a third have vascular dementia. In 2024, there were approximately 13,000 people diagnosed with dementia in Kent, and a further 9,000 people undiagnosed but living with dementia.
See also our pages on carers and older people.
External resources
A number of organisations produce dementia statistics both at national and local level.
- The views and experiences of local residents regarding Dementia is captured in reports available from the Healthwatch Kent website.
- OHID provide detailed local data and intelligence across the whole pathway of dementia care; from prevalence and diagnosis through to end of life, including a dementia profiling tool.
- Office for National Statistics (ONS) provides mortality statistics, which include mortality from dementia.
- The National General Practice Profiles present a range of data, including prevalence.
- The National Clinical Audit programme provides information on standards of healthcare being achieved for dementia.
- NHS Digital publish monthly prevalence estimates and diagnosis rates based on Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) data, and have produced a compendium of statistics about dementia.
- Alzheimer's Research UK also publish key dementia statistics. The Alzheimer's Society has also published Dementia UK, a detailed report on dementia prevalence and the social and economic impacts of dementia.