Table 5.

Normative values for MMSE total score by age-group and sex, and educational level (low: ≤9 years, high: >9 years)

Age (years):	65–69		70–74		75–79		80–84		85+
Educational level:	L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H	L	H
Men	916	491	815	513	698	382	427	273	200	96
Median	28	29	27	28	27	28	26	27	25	27
5th, 10th†	22,24	24,26	22,23	23,25	21,22	23,24	20,22	22,24	18,20	19,21
25th, 75th†	26,29	27,29	26,29	27,29	25,28	26,29	24,28	25,28	22,27	25,28
90th, 95th†	30,30	30,30	30,30	30,30	29,30	30,30	29,29	29,30	28,29	29,29
Mean*	27.8	28.6	27.5	28.3	26.9	27.9	26.2	27.2	25.1	26.7
+/- 1 SD*	25–29	26–30	24–29	26–30	23–29	25–29	22–28	24–29	20–28	23–29
+/- 2 SDs*	19–30	21–30	18–30	20–30	15–30	20–30	16–29	18–30	11–29	14–30
Women	1019	684	1016	693	1018	628	815	442	491	270
Median	27	28	27	28	26	27	25	27	24	25
5th, 10th†	22,23	23,25	21,22	23,24	20,22	22,23	18,20	20,22	16,18	18,19
25th, 75th†	25,29	27,29	25,28	26,29	24,28	25,29	22,27	24,28	21,26	23,27
90th, 95th†	30,30	30,30	29,30	30,30	29,30	29,30	28,29	29,30	28,29	29,29
Mean*	27.6	28.4	27.1	28.0	26.5	27.5	25.2	26.7	24.2	25.7
+/- 1 SD*	24–29	26–30	23–29	25–30	22–29	24–29	20–28	23–29	19–27	21–28
+/- 2 SDs*	16–30	20–30	15–30	19–30	14–30	17–30	11–29	14–30	9–29	11–30

^† Percentiles of the distribution; SD Standard deviation; * Back-transformed