Centre for Policy on Ageing



Elderly Japanese emigrants to Brazil before World War II — 2. Prevalence of senile dementia
Author(s)	Mitsue Meguro, Kenichi Meguro, Paulo Caramelli
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 8, August 2001
Pages	pp 775-779
Keywords	Emigration ; Japan ; Dementia ; Immigrants ; Brazil ; Cross cultural surveys.
Annotation	Prevalence of dementia in the town of Tajiri (Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) was found to be 8%, whilst the first population-based study in Brazil (Catandova) disclosed a prevalence of 7.1%. To evaluate the effects of environment on development of dementia, older Japanese immigrants living in Brazil were examined. All 192 Japanese immigrants aged 65+ from Miyagi living in the Sao Paolo Metropolitan Area were assessed using the Clinical Dementia Rating Scales (CDR): 13 were diagnosed with dementia, a prevalence of 7.8%. Older subjects suffered more from dementia, and, paradoxically, the more highly educated subjects also suffered more. Prevalence was not thought to be affected by environmental factors. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010928207 A
Classmark	TNM: 7DT: EA: TJ: 7W6: 3KA
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing

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