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Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Jun 23;25(5):1098–1107. doi: 10.1007/s10903-023-01509-x

Table 2:

Prevalence estimates of suspected undiagnosed ADRD among US- and foreign-born adults ages 65 and older,* 2000–2017 NHIS/2001–2018 MEPS, n =23,981.

US-Born
Foreign-Born
NH White
% (SE)
NH White
% (SE)
MENA
% (SE)
Age- and sex-adjusted
 Suspected Undiagnosed ADRD 8.1 (0.00) 11.8 (0.01) 15.8 (0.04)
Age-adjusted and sex-stratified
Males
  Suspected Undiagnosed ADRD 7.6 (0.00) 10.3 (0.02) 9.3 (0.04)
Females
 Suspected Undiagnosed ADRD 8.6 (0.00) 13.1 (0.02) 22.5 (0.05)

Abbreviations. ADRD = Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; MENA = Middle Eastern or North African; MEPS = Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; NH = non-Hispanic.

*

Total N = 23,981 (n = 23,069 for US-born non-Hispanic (NH) white; n = 774 for foreign-born NH white; n = 138 for foreign-born Middle Eastern or North African (MENA).

Total Males N = 10,766 (n = 10,380 for US-born NH white; n = 317 for foreign-born NH white; n = 69 for foreign-born MENA.

Total Females N = 13,215 (n = 12,689 for US-born NH white; n = 457 for foreign-born NH white; n = 69 for foreign-born MENA.