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The Rights of Older People and Age Discrimination in Australia

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80% of people will not have dementia at 80.

1% of people below 65, less than 2% of people 65-74, 8.4% of people 75-84

 & 23% over 85 suffer from dementia.  Supporting those figures Dr Roderick
 McKay, Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age at the Royal Australian 
and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, stated in a media release 8 
November 2012 that 80% of people will not have dementia at 80.

Adapted  – Age Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission – November 22, 2012.

January 7, 2013