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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2005 Dec 17;366(9503):2112–2117. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67889-0

Table 1.

Group mean consensus estimates (SD) for prevalence of dementia (%) for each region and age-group

Age-group (years)

60–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 ≥85
EURO A 0·9 (0·1) 1·5 (0·2) 3·6 (0·2) 6·0 (0·2) 12·2 (0·8) 24·8 (1·0)
EURO B 0·9 (0·1) 1·3 (0·1) 3·2 (0·3) 5·8 (0·3) 12·2 (0·3) 24·7 (2·3)
EURO C 0·9 (0·1) 1·3 (0·1) 3·2 (0·2) 5·8 (0·2) 11·8 (0·5) 24·5 (1·8)
AMRO A 0·8 (0·1) 1·7 (0·1) 3·3 (0·3) 6·5 (0·5) 12·8 (0·5) 30·1 (1·1)
AMRO B 0·8 (0·1) 1·7 (0·1) 3·4 (0·2) 7·6 (0·4) 14·8 (0·6) 33·2 (3·5)
AMRO D 0·7 (0·1) 1·5 (0·3) 2·8 (0·4) 6·2 (1·1) 11·1 (2·0) 28·1 (5·2)
EMRO B 0·9 (0·3) 1·8 (0·1) 3·5 (0·3) 6·6 (0·2) 13·6 (0·8) 25·5 (2·3)
EMRO D 1·2 (0·3) 1·9 (0·2) 3·9 (0·3) 6·6 (0·4) 13·9 (1·3) 23·5 (2·3)
WPRO A 0·6 (0·1) 1·4 (0·1) 2·6 (0·3) 4·7 (0·6) 10·4 (1·2) 22·1 (3·5)
WPRO B 0·6 (0·1) 1·8 (0·2) 3·7 (0·4) 7·0 (0·9) 14·4 (1·9) 26·2 (3·9)
SEARO B 1·0 (0·1) 1·7 (0·2) 3·4 (0·2) 5·7 (0·5) 10·8 (1·2) 17·6 (2·7)
SEARO D 0·4 (0·1) 0·9 (0·1) 1·8 (0·2) 3·7 (0·4) 7·2 (1·2) 14·4 (2·7)
AFRO D 0·3 (0·1) 0·6 (0·1) 1·3 (0·2) 2·3 (0·5) 4·3 (1·0) 9·7 (1·9)
AFRO E 0·5 (0·3) 1·0 (0·4) 1·9 (0·9) 3·8 (1·7) 7·0 (3·6) 14·9 (7·2)