34 million: Canada's population
35.6 million: Global population of people with dementia
4.4 million: How many of them are in North America
10 million: In Europe
1.9 million: In Africa
315 billion US: Annual global cost of dementia
480,000: Number of Canadians with dementia (2008)
1.125 million: Number estimated for 2038
5: Minutes between diagnoses of new cases in Canada, 2008
2: Minutes between diagnosis of new cases, 2038
$15-billion: Economic burden of dementia, 2008
$153-billion: Estimated economic burden of dementia, 2038
Sources: World Alzheimer Report, Statistics Canada, Alzheimer Society of Canada