Table 3.

Normative values for MMSE total score by age-group and sex (group without dementia)

	Age-group (years)
	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85+
Men (total)	1407	1328	1080	700	296
Median	28	28	27	26	25
5th, 10th pcntle	23,25	22,24	21,23	21,23	18,20
25th, 75th pcntle	27,29	26,29	25,29	24,28	23,28
90th, 95th pcntle	30,30	30,30	29,30	29,29	28,29
Mean*	28.0	27.8	27.2	26.6	25.7
+/- 1 SD*	25–29	25–29	23–29	23–29	21–28
+/- 2 SDs*	20–30	18–30	16–30	16–30	11–30
Women (total)	1703	1707	1646	1257	761
Median	28	27	27	25	24
5th, 10th pcntle	22,23	21,23	21,22	19,20	17,19
25th, 75th pcntle	26,29	25,29	24,28	23,27	21,27
90th, 95th pcntle	30,30	30,30	29,30	29,29	28,29
Mean*	27.9	27.5	26.8	25.7	24.7
+/- 1 SD*	24–30	24–29	23–29	21–28	19–28
+/- 2 SDs*	17–30	16–30	14–30	11–29	9–29

* Back-transformed; pcntle Percentile of the distribution; SD Standard deviation