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. 2018 Oct 12;74(9):1439–1445. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly236

Table 2.

Incident Dementia Rates by Birth Cohort and Age at Diagnosis

Birth Cohort Age at Diagnosis, y
<70 70–75 75–80 80–85 85–90 ≥90 Total
1902–1911 (n = 308)
 Cases 0 0 0 15 36 12 63
 PY 0 0 328.04 850.69 591.17 182.55 1,952.46
 Rate per 100 PY 0 0 0 1.763 6.090 6.574 3.227
1912–1921 (n = 1,170)
 Cases 0 7 35 34 21 26 123
 PY 663.53 2,684.76 3,233.16 1,561.3 663.6 618.74 9,425.1
 Rate per 100 PY 0 0.261 1.083 2.178 3.165 4.202 1.305
1922–1931 (n = 931)
 Cases 0 1 5 15 36 2 59
 PY 500.9 548.36 1,031.21 2,015.22 1,563.51 227.44 5,886.65
 Rate per 100 PY 0 0.182 0.485 0.744 2.303 0.879 1.000
1932–1941 (n = 601)
 Cases 1 3 6 2 0 0 12
 PY 588.19 1,740.84 1,391.4 281.5 0.15 0 4,002.08
 Rate per 100 PY 0.170 0.172 0.431 0.710 0 0 0.300
Total (N = 3,010)
 Cases 1 11 46 66 93 40 257
 PY 1,752.62 4,973.96 5,983.82 4,708.72 2,818.43 1,028.73 21,266.3
 Rate per 100 PY 0.057 0.221 0.769 1.402 3.300 3.889 1.208

Note: PY = person-years