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Table 2.

Prevalence of frontotemporal dementia and overall dementia in four Latin American studies.

Country of study	Site of study	Age group	Prevalence			Cause of dementia
Country of study	Site of study	Age group	Overall dementia (95% CI)	FTD^*	UC^*	FTD (%)	UC (%)
Brazil^34,37	Catanduva, São Paulo	≥65	7.1% (6.0-8.5)	0.18%	0.90%	2.60	12.70
	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	≥60	6.0% (4.6-7.3)	0.17%	0.43%	2.80	7.20
	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo	≥65	7.2% (5.7-8.6)
Venezuela^35,36	Santa Lucia, Maracaibo	≥55	8.04% (7.01-9.19)	0.12%	0.45%	1.53	5.61
Venezuela^35,36	Santa Lucia, Maracaibo	≥65	13.27%^*
Peru³⁸	Cercado de Lima, Lima	≥65	6.85% (5.53-8.08)^**	0.13%	0.87%	1.90	12.70

FTD: frontotemporal dementia; UC: undetermined cause of dementia;

Data calculated by authors;

^**

Data on confidence interval provided by author. Only crude non-adjusted data given.