Table 3.

Autopsy series showing prevalence of VaD/VCI [modified from Jellinger (2008b)].

1962–1990	15 studies (Europe, USA, Canada) 2784 cases
	Prevalence 2.0–85.2% (mean 24.5%)
1962–1995	(Markesbery, 1998)
	Prevalence mean 11.3%
1991–2003	(Riekse et al., 2004)
	11 studies (USA, Scandinavia, Japan) 3438 cases
	Prevalence 0.03–35% (mean 11.6%)
2004 Seattle, USA	(Snowdon and Markesbery, 1999)
	20/170 cases
	Prevalence 7%
2009 Austria	(Jellinger, 2009a): retrospective, dementia/AD
	1700/950 cases
	Prevalence 13.3/3.1% Jellinger (unpublished): prospect.
	Dementias
	300 cases
	Prevalence 9.0%
2009 Honolulu—Japan	(White, 2009)
	Demented, 183 cases
	Prevalence 33.8 %
2010 Brazil	(Nitrini et al., submitted)
	Demented, 206 cases
	Prevalence 31.8%
Japan	(Seno et al., 1999; Akatsu et al., 2002)
	122/270 cases
	Prevalence 35.0/23.6%