In 2021, around a whopping 43 percent of the global population suffered from some kind of neurological condition.
Neurological disorders are becoming more common worldwide, a new study has found.The number of people living and dying with such conditions as Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, meningitis, and stroke has risen 'substantially' over the past three decades, an international collaborations of researchers reported.Their analysis revealed that, in 2021, 3.4 billion people suffered from a neurological condition—this is roughly 43 percent of the world's entire population.
'These findings are striking, but on the whole, unfortunately not that surprising,' professor Paresh Malhotra—head of the Division of Neurology at Imperial College London and Consultant Neurologist at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust—told Newsweek.He continued: 'We know about the huge impact of stroke and Alzheimer's Disease, and this study also highlights the importance of neurodevelopmental and pediatric conditions, as well as very common conditions such as migraine.
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