Figure 11

The responses of participants from different religious groups to the following statement: ‘Ageing is a major risk factor for dementia’. Christians (45.0 percent), Muslims (56.5 percent), Hindus (54.8 percent), Buddhists (50.5 percent), Freethinkers (46.6 percent), Taoists (44.4 percent), and others (100.0 percent) thought that ageing was a major risk factor for dementia (Figure 10), whereas other Christians (13.8 percent), Muslims (21.8 percent), Hindus (18.5 percent), Buddhists (21.1 percent), Freethinkers (12.4 percent), Taoists (17.8 percent), and others (0.0 percent) disagreed.