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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Neurosci. 2011 May 17;45(3):330–335. doi: 10.1007/s12031-011-9538-y

Table 2.

Studies of incidence of FTLD

Location No. of cases Case definition Rate per 100,000 per year 95% CI
Rochester, MN (Knopman et al. 2004)a 4 bvFTD+PPA 4.1 (age range, 40–69) 1.1 to 10.4
Cambridgeshire UK (Mercy et al. 2008)b 16 bvFTD+PPA 3.5 (age range, 45–64) 2.0 to 5.7
Girona, Spain (Garre-Olmo et al. 2010)c 14 bvFTD+semantic dementia 2.7 (age range, 45–64) 1.5 to 4.6
a

All cases between ages 40 and 69 years

b

1/16 cases < age 45 years. Only ages <65 years were considered

c

Of 70 cases of bvFTD or semantic dementia, 14 were under age 65 at onset