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. 2018 Apr 16;73(Suppl 1):S48–S56. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx144

Table 4.

Decomposition of Trends in Probable Dementia Prevalence, US Adults Aged 70 and Older, 2011-2015

Prevalence Coefficient Decomposition
2011 2015 2011 2015 Composition effect Coefficient effect Total
Age 80−89 (vs. 70−79) 0.330 0.294 0.105 0.104 −0.004 0.000 −0.004
Age 90+ (vs. 70−79) 0.059 0.065 0.266 0.250 0.001 −0.001 0.001
Female 0.580 0.567 0.008 −0.003 0.000 −0.006 −0.006
Black, non-Hispanic (vs. white) 0.079 0.080 0.047 0.019 0.000 −0.002 −0.002
Hispanic/Other 0.112 0.134 0.040 0.065 0.001 0.003 0.004
High school 0.296 0.301 −0.050 −0.054 0.000 −0.001 −0.002
Some college 0.247 0.253 −0.092 −0.087 −0.001 0.001 0.001
College graduate 0.218 0.261 −0.092 −0.085 −0.004 0.002 −0.002
1 vs. 0 risk factors 0.349 0.319 −0.010 0.008 0.000 0.006 0.006
2 vs. 0 0.242 0.264 0.013 0.028 0.000 0.004 0.004
3+ vs. 0 0.210 0.221 0.042 0.079 0.001 0.008 0.009
Constant 1.000 1.000 0.092 0.076 0.000 −0.015 −0.015
Total −0.005 −0.002 −0.007
% of change 66.7% 33.3%
p-value 0.010 0.716