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Australian women’s knowledge about preventing dementia

Download our report on Australian women’s knowledge about preventing dementia from the 2025 National Women’s Health Survey.

To help inform the design of public health initiatives aimed at reducing the impact of dementia in Australia, the 2025 National Women’s Health Survey assessed:

  • women’s awareness of dementia as a leading cause of death
  • women’s knowledge of some of the factors that might help to prevent or slow the onset of the condition (using questions from the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale).

These findings highlight the need for initiatives to increase women’s awareness of what they can do to reduce their risk of developing dementia, and for public health policies and initiatives to support women to make those changes in their lives.

  • Australian women’s knowledge about preventing dementia
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This report is one of a series from the 2025 National Women’s Health Survey, a representative survey of Australian women aged 18 and over. The Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has funded Jean Hailes for Women’s Health to conduct the annual National Women’s Health Survey since 2017.