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| Mortality from dementia in a community-dwelling Brazilian population | | Author(s) | Ricardo Nitrini, Paulo Caramelli, Emilio Herrera |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 3, March 2005 |
| Pages | pp 247-253 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Death ; Death certificates ; Living in the community ; Longitudinal surveys ; Brazil. |
| Annotation | A cohort of 1,656 individuals aged 65+ was screened for dementia at their domiciles in 1997. The same population was re-evaluated in 2000, and information on deaths was obtained from relatives and from the municipal obituary service. The extent to which the diagnosis of dementia is reported on death certificates was also evaluated. Kaplan-Meier curves were used for survival analysis, and mortality risk ratio (MRR) was calculated using Cox proportional hazard measures. Data was obtained from 1,393 subjects; the number of deaths was 58 among patients with dementia and 163 among those without dementia in 1997. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease were found to cause a significant decrease in survival, and the diagnosis of dementia is rarely reported (only 12.5% of those with dementia) on death certificates in Brazil. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050322203 A |
| Classmark | EA: CW: JVL: K4: 3J: 7W6 |
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