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| Dementia in people aged 65 years and older: a growing problem? | | Author(s) | Liz Kirby, Petra Lehmann, Azeem Majeed |
| Journal title | Population Trends, no 92, Summer 1998 |
| Pages | pp 23-28 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Death rate [statistics] ; Demography ; England ; Wales. |
| Annotation | Trends in death rates from dementias and neurodegenerative disorders in people aged 65 and over in England and Wales between 1979 and 1996 are examined. In total, there were 171,590 such deaths: the numbers increased from 3,021 in 1979 to 10,415 in 1996. Age-standardised death rates for all diagnoses combined increased from 39 to 96 per 100,000 for men, and from 45 to 101 for women between 1979 and 1996. The most dramatic increase was seen in deaths from Alzheimer's disease (AD), which increased from less than 1 per 100,000 in 1979 to 19 for men and 21 for women in 1996. There may be problems in interpreting changes in death rates in 1984-85 and 1993-94, following changes in rules for recording underlying and other causes of death on death certificates. Since 1993, all causes of death listed on death certificates are recorded in ONS mortality statistics, allowing a more complete analysis of causes of deaths. The number of older people in England and Wales will continue to increase, leading to a further increase in the number of those suffering from dementia. Thus, the impact of dementia on morbidity and mortality should continue to be monitored. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980630201 A |
| Classmark | EA: S5: S8: 82: 9 |
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