The prevalence of dementia in 95 year olds.
The authors determined the prevalence of dementia in 338 (response rate 65%) 95-year-old persons, living in Göteborg, Sweden, and compared the result with a previously examined population sample of 85 year olds. The prevalence of dementia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd rev. ed) was higher in women (55%) than in men (37%) at age 95, and the proportion of mild dementia and vascular dementia was lower in 95 than in 85 year olds.
Börjesson-Hanson
Anne
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Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Psychiatry Section, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Sweden. anne.borjesson@neuro.gu.se
Edin
Eva
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Gislason
Thorsteinn
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Skoog
Ingmar
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over / Q000523:psychology*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology