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| Dementia-free life expectancy among elderly Japanese | | Author(s) | C Sauvaget, I Tsuji, Y Minami |
| Journal title | Gerontology, vol 43, no 3, May-June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 168-175 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Good Health ; Mental ageing ; Life span ; Longitudinal surveys ; Japan. |
| Annotation | A 3-year prospective cohort study was conducted to estimate the life expectancy free of dementia (dementia-free life expectancy) in a representative sample of older people living in an urban Japanese community. For those aged 65 and over who were not demented at the baseline survey in 1988, mortality and incidence rates of dementia were calculated. At the age of 65, males showed a total life expectancy of 18 years, including 16 years free of dementia; and females showed a total life expectancy of 23 years including 18 years without dementia. At 65 years, the dementia-free life expectancy represented 89% of the total life expectancy for males, and 79% for females. Total life expectancy and dementia-free life expectancy were longer among females than males. This result would be attributable to a higher incidence of dementia and a lower mortality among females. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980827222 A |
| Classmark | EA: CD: D6: BG6: 3J: 7DT |
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