indentify prevalence rates for different types of dementia
The most common type is Alzheimer's disease, in which brain cells deteriorate through the build up of a protein. Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia and is caused by problems in the supply of blood to brain cells. [ About 75% of people who are diagnosed with dementia will have either Alzheimer's or vascular dementia, or a combination of the two.
There are other forms of dementia which are less common. They include dementia with Lewy bodies, fronto-temporal dementias (including Pick's disease), Huntington's disease, alcohol-related dementias, and HIV/AIDS-related
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