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Nearly 7million Americans and more than 733,000 Canadians are living with dementia, a general term for loss of memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities.
Economists at the non-profit research organization RAND have identified several factors that can strongly predict, at age 60 , whether someone will develop cognitive impairment and dementia by 80 .
The think tank surveyed some 20,000 adults over 50 to examine 181 potential risk factors, including demographics, socioeconomic status and health behaviours.
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