Centre for Policy on Ageing



Death rates from dementias and neurodegenerative disorders in England and Wales and the USA, 1993-97
Author(s)	Petra Lehmann, Azeem Majeed, Donna Hoyert
Journal title	Health Statistics Quarterly, 06, Summer 2000
Pages	pp 26-31
Keywords	Dementia ; Death rate [statistics] ; Comparison ; England ; Wales ; United States of America.
Annotation	There has been an increase in death rates from dementias and neurodegenerative disorders in both England and Wales and the USA from 1993 to 1997, which this study aims to examine and compare for those aged 15 and over. The USA showed higher death rates for all dementias and neurodegenerative disorders, and also had the largest increase in the death rate from 1993 to 1997. Death rates from dementia and neurodegenerative disorders among those aged 15-34 years showed no increase, and the increase in all dementias and neurodegenerative disorders was mainly due to an increase in rates among older people. This trend may well change, given the evidence of variant CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) as a cause of dementia resulting from exposure to the prion causing BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and its effects on younger age groups. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000705203 A
Classmark	EA: S5: 48: 82: 9: 7T
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing

...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.