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Dementia has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in England and Wales

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The scientists used MRI scans to analysis subjects’ brains
(Image credit: MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty)

Dementia is now the main cause of death in England and Wales, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Last year, more than 61,000 people died of dementia in the UK – 11.6 per cent of all recorded deaths for that period.

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