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About how many new dementia cases occur worldwide each year?

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up to 10%

Up to what share of Alzheimer's cases are 'early onset,' striking people in their 30s to mid-60s?

While Alzheimer's is mostly a disease of older age, a meaningful minority of cases begin much earlier in life.

Source: Wikipedia, Alzheimer's disease (2024) en.wikipedia.org

75% of cases

According to the Innocence Project, what share of 239 DNA exoneration cases involved mistaken eyewitness testimony?

Human memory for faces and events is far less reliable than most people assume, making eyewitness testimony a leading cause of wrongful convictions.

Source: Wikipedia, eyewitness memory (2024) en.wikipedia.org

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