Table 2.
Standardised prevalence of impaired cognitive performance by country and gender.
| Perceived memory impairment | Numeracy impairment | Verbal fluency impairment | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall prevalence (95% CI) | Standardised incidence rates (95% CI) | Overall prevalence (95% CI) | Standardised incidence rates (95% CI) | Overall prevalence (95% CI) | Standardised incidence rates (95% CI) | ||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||
| Austria | 14.66 (14.40-14.94) |
15.33 (14.94-15.72) |
14.00 (14.63 -14.38) |
12.60 (12.35-12.85) |
9.61 (9.30-9.92) |
15.60 (15.21- 15.99) |
18.92 (18.62-19.23) |
18.28 (17.86-18.71) |
19.56 (19.12-20.01) |
| Germany* | 13.55 (13.30 -13.81) |
0.00 (0.00-0.01) |
27.11 (26.59-27.63) |
21.52 (21.20-21.85) |
11.54 (11.20-11.88) |
31.50 (30.95-32.06) |
14.93 (14.66-15.20) |
11.54 (11.20-11.88) |
18.32 (17.89-18.74) |
| Sweden* | 22.74 (22.40-23.07) |
31.86 (31.30-32.42) |
13.61 (13.25-13.98) |
5.82 (5.65-5.99) |
3.85 (3.65-4.05) |
7.78 (7.51-8.07) |
14.26 (14.00-14.53) |
18.88 (18.45-19.31) |
9.64 (9.34-9.96) |
| Netherlands | 9.79 (9.58-10.02) |
8.72 (8.43-9.02) |
10.86 (10.54-11.20) |
12.85 (12.60-13.10) |
7.22 (6.96-7.50) |
18.47 (18.05-18.91) |
17.76 (17.46-18.05) |
17.35 (16.94-17.77) |
18.16 (17.74-18.59) |
| Spain | 37.93 (37.50-38.37) |
34.91 (34.32-35.50) |
40.96 (40.33-41.60) |
46.02 (45.55-46.50) |
38.28 (37.67-38.90) |
53.76 (53.04-54.49) |
58.91 (58.37-59.45) |
55.07 (54.34-55.81) |
62.75 (61.97-63.54) |
| Italy | 27.34 (26.98-27.71) |
24.81 (24.32-25.31) |
29.87 (29.33-30.42) |
28.81 (28.44-29.19) |
20.99 (20.54-21.45) |
36.63 (36.03-37.24) |
62.57 (62.01-63.12) |
60.31 (59.54-61.08) |
64.82 (64.03-65.63) |
| France | 26.54 (26.18-26.91) |
25.43 (24.93-25.93) |
27.66 (27.14-28.19) |
23.84 (23.50-24.19) |
18.42 (18.00-18.85) |
29.26 (28.73-29.80) |
33.82 (33.42-34.23) |
32.51 (31.95-33.08) |
35.13 (34.55-35.72) |
| Denmark | 8.82 (8.62-9.03) |
7.05 (6.79-7.32) |
10.60 (10.28-10.93) |
10.89 (10.66-11.12) |
7.19 (6.92-7.46) |
14.59 (14.21-14.97) |
6.48 (6.31-6.67) |
6.67 (6.42-6.93) |
6.30 (6.05-6.55) |
| Switzerland | 12.85 (12.60-13.11) |
13.75 (13.39-14.13) |
11.95 (11.61-12.30) |
9.04 (8.83-9.25) |
6.67 (6.42-6.94) |
11.41 (11.07-11.75) |
22.91 (22.57-23.24) |
24.25 (23.77-24.75) |
21.56 (21.10-22.03) |
| Belgium | 20.34 (20.03-20.66) |
19.52 (19.09-19.97) |
21.16 (20.70-21.62) |
16.82 (16.54-17.11) |
11.99 (11.65-12.34) |
21.66 (21.20-22.12) |
20.91 (20.59-21.23) |
20.10 (19.66-20.55) |
21.71 (21.25-22.18) |
| Czech | 24.42 (24.08-24.77) |
24.30 (23.81-24.79) |
24.55 (24.06-25.05) |
17.01 (16.72-17.30) |
12.99 (12.64-13.35) |
21.03 (20.58-21.49) |
16.95 (16.66-17.24) |
15.78 (15.39-16.18 |
18.11 (17.69-18.54) |
| Poland* | 15.95 (15.67-16.23) |
14.00 (13.63 -14.37) |
17.90 (17.49-18.33) |
29.99 (29.60-30.37) |
31.36 (30.80-31.92) |
28.62 (28.09-29.15) |
41.20 (40.75-41.65) |
46.37 (45.69-47.05) |
36.03 (35.44-36.64) |
| Hungary | 32.70 (32.30-33.11) |
31.33 (30.78-31.90) |
34.07 (33.49-34.65) |
18.54 (18.24-18.84) |
15.93 (15.54-16.33) |
21.14 (20.69-21.61) |
39.01 (38.57-39.45) |
38.83 (38.21-39.45) |
39.19 (38.57-39.81) |
| Portugal | 44.41 (43.94-44.88) |
38.35 (37.74-38.97) |
50.46 (49.76-51.17) |
36.92 (36.50-37.35) |
26.89 (26.38-27.41) |
46.95 (46.27-47.64) |
63.11 (62.55-63.67) |
59.65 (58.88-60.42) |
66.57 (65.76-66.38) |
| Slovenia | 25.38 (25.03-25.74) |
23.89 (23.41-24.38) |
26.88 (26.37-27.40) |
29.83 (29.45-30.22) |
25.05 (24.55-25.55) |
34.62 (34.03-35.21) |
24.07 (23.73-24.42) |
23.74 (23.26-24.23) |
24.40 (23.92-24.90) |
| Estonia | 46.18 (45.71-46.66) |
46.68 (46.00-47.36) |
45.69 (45.02-46.37) |
18.79 (18.48-19.09) |
15.87 (15.48-16.27) |
21.70 (21.24-22.17) |
19.28 (18.97-19.59) |
19.84 (19.40-20.28) |
18.73 (18.30-19.16) |
*
Germany, Sweden and Poland have a small number of cases.