Dementia rates are falling THREE TIMES quicker for men as major study reveals incidence of the memory-robbing disease has dropped 13% every decade since the 1990s

Dementia rates among men are falling three times quicker than they are in women, according to a major study.

Harvard University researchers found the risk of developing the incurable disorder has dropped by 13 per cent every decade since 1988. Rates have plummeted for men by 24 per cent every ten years, while for women it has been a more gradual decline (8 per cent).

Men were previously far more at risk than females of suffering from dementia — but the risk between sexes has now levelled out, experts said.

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