Death rate due to serious diseases in developed countries rises to 50% in 2060
The number of people in high-income countries dying from serious health-related problems is set to jump by more than 50 percent by 2060, a panel of international experts has revealed.
Cancer and dementia will increase the number of people needing care in most countries worldwide, including the United States and the United Kingdom, a new study suggests.
The research, published in the Lancet Global Health magazine, found that the number of people dying from care needs worldwide has nearly doubled over the next four decades.
Death in rich countries
By 2060, an estimated 48 million people will die each year due to serious health-related suffering, and an 87 percent increase over 2016.
Most of these people will be in low- and middle-income countries, but high-income countries like the UK will also be affected.
In high-income countries, three million people will die from serious health-related suffering in 2060, an increase of 57 percent over 2016 – from about five million to about eight million.
Globally, the increase in serious health-related suffering will be attributed to an increase in cancer deaths – 16 million people die every year with serious health-related suffering by 2060, an increase of 109 percent in 2016.
For dementia, six million people die every year with serious health-related suffering by 2060 – an increase of 264% in 2016.
In high-income countries, 2.34 million people in 2016 died of serious cancer-related health problems, rising to 3.23 million in 2060. In the case of dementia, the jump jumped from 575,000 in 2016 to 1.76 million in 2060 .
"The number of people dying from serious health-related suffering in high-income countries (for example, the United Kingdom) will increase by 57 percent between 2000 and 2015," said lead author Dr. Catherine Solomon, an honorary counselor at the Sisley Saunders Institute at King's College London. 2016 and 2060.
This means that in high-income countries, for every 100 people dying there will be more than 150 people by 2060. Cancer and dementia will be the main drivers of this increase.
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