The number of people missing due to dementia and the like exceeds the maximum of 17,000 people National Police Agency July 2 11:02
Last year, the total number of people who were missing due to dementia or its suspicion was 17,400, the largest number in Japan. The police are working in cooperation with local governments to strengthen efforts to detect missing persons early.
According to the National Police Agency, a total of 17,479 people were notified to the police last year that they were missing due to dementia or suspicion of having dementia, etc., which is 552 more than the previous year.
It has been increasing every year since 2012 when we started collecting statistics, and it is the highest number ever.
Most were confirmed last year, but 245 remained unclear.
In addition, the number of people who died while missing was 460 in one year, and there are cases of traffic accidents while walking around.
In cooperation with local governments, the police are promoting efforts such as registering facial photographs of people with dementia and the shape of veins in the palm in advance with the consent of the family and creating a database.
In addition, police officers are also conducting training to learn the characteristics of behavior of people with dementia, and want to further strengthen measures to detect missing persons as soon as possible.