Table 1. Distribution characteristic of the deaths from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, China, 2009–2015.

Year	deaths	gender		area		region
		male	female	urban	rural	east	middle	west
2009	2377	1089	1288	875	1502	1444	523	410
2010	2845	1231	1614	1039	1806	1577	733	535
2011	2890	1304	1586	1022	1868	1475	810	605
2012	3155	1395	1760	1070	2085	1654	917	584
2013	10654	4690	5964	3103	7551	6072	2789	1793
2014	11466	5119	6347	3421	8045	6652	2773	2041
2015	12187	5376	6811	3653	8534	7018	2651	2518
total	45574	20204	25370	14183	31391	25892	11196	8486