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  "id": 16714413,
  "title": "Dementia accounts for over 10% of deaths in Australia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/dementia-accounts-for-over-10-of-deaths-in-australia",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T05:19:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/27/dementia-accounts-for-over-10-of-deaths-in-australia"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dementia remained the country's leading cause of death in 2025, claiming 19,019 lives, ahead of ischaemic heart disease.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Dementia deaths in Australia surpass one in 10 of all fatalities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/dementia-deaths-in-australia-surpass-one-in-10-of-all-fatalities",
        "published": "2026-10-27T08:02:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}