Neurological Deaths Increasing For People Under 55; USA Leads The Way In Deaths; Environmental and Social Causes Cited

Brain Diseases Affecting More People And Starting Earlier Than Ever Before.  Science Daily.  May 10, 2013.

Read the article and test your recall with the questions.

(1)  True or False:  The rise of dementia and other neurological deaths can be explained by the fact that we are living longer.

(2)  In the United States between 1979-2010, neurological deaths increased by ______% for men and __________% for women.

(3)  How does working- age dementia challenge assumptions about dementia-related services?

(4)  Women's neurological deaths rose (faster or slower) than men's in most of the countries surveyed.

(5)  True or False:  The increase is probably related to genetics.

(6)  Discuss how life-style and environmental influences could  perhaps have influenced the rise in neurological deaths.