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Germany Confirms 2024 Rise in Dementia Deaths, With Sharper Relative Increase Among Men

Official figures place the rise in context of a second yearly drop in total deaths, with circulatory disease and cancer still leading.

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Eine alte Frau stützt sich auf einen Stuhl.
Die Zahl der an Demenz verstorbenen Menschen in Deutschland ist im vergangenen Jahr um 4,4 Prozent auf rund 62.000 Männer und Frauen gestiegen. Bei Männern war der Anstieg größer als bei Frauen.
Die Zahl der Demenzkranken in Deutschland wird nach Angaben der Krankenkasse Barmer in den kommenden 15 Jahren auf rund 2,1 Millionen steigen. Das sind 400.000 Betroffene mehr als heute.

Overview

  • Destatis reported 61,927 dementia deaths in 2024, up 4.4% from 2023 and 23.2% above the 2015–2024 average.
  • About 89.1% of dementia fatalities occurred among people aged 80 and older, with deaths in that group rising 4.6% year over year.
  • Women accounted for 40,680 deaths and men for 21,247, yet the increase versus the ten‑year average was larger for men (+27.9%) than for women (+20.8%).
  • Within the 80+ group, the relative rise was especially pronounced for men (+32.9%) compared with women (+22.2%).
  • Total deaths fell to around 1.01 million in 2024 (−2% year over year) as circulatory diseases (339,212, −2.6%) and cancers (230,392, ~unchanged) remained the top causes; most dementia cases were coded as unspecified dementia, which was the leading cause of death for women (37,109).