Twenty-year changes in dementia occurrence suggest decreasing incidence in central Stockholm, Sweden

Chengxuan Qiu; Eva von Strauss; Lars Bäckman; Bengt Winblad; Laura Fratiglioni

doi:10.1212/wnl.0b013e318292a2f9

Abstract

Prevalence of dementia was stable from the late 1980s to the early 2000s in central Stockholm, Sweden, whereas survival of patients with dementia increased. These results suggest that incidence of dementia may have decreased during this period.

Keywords

DementiaMedicineHazard ratioConfidence intervalIncidence (geometry)Odds ratioConfoundingDemographyGerontologyCross-sectional studyPediatricsInternal medicineDisease

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 80
Issue: 20
Pages: 1888-1894
Citations: 305
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                                    Chengxuan Qiu, 
                                
                                    Eva von Strauss, 
                                
                                    Lars Bäckman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Twenty-year changes in dementia occurrence suggest decreasing incidence in central Stockholm, Sweden. 
                            Neurology
                            , 80
                            (20)
                            , 1888-1894.
                            https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0b013e318292a2f9
                        

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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318292a2f9