Neurological Conditions Are Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide

More than 3 billion people —about 43% of the global population—lived with neurological conditions in 2021, according to results from the Global Burden of Disease Study published in The Lancet Neurology. Although this represented an 18.2% increase from 1990, once researchers adjusted for age, they found that the prevalence of neurological conditions rose by about 1.5% over the past 2 decades.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research