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. 2019 Oct 15;71(4):1379–1380. doi: 10.3233/JAD-199006

The Prevalence and Subtypes of Young Onset Dementia in Central Norway: A Population-Based Study

PMCID: PMC6878912  PMID: 31524176

[Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 69(2) (2019), 479–487, DOI 10.3233/JAD-181223]

https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad181223

On page 1 and 6 incorrect values have been given. The correct values are given below.

On page 1, in line 2 of the Results section of the Abstract: 76.3 per 100,000 should be 85.5 per 100,000.

On page 1, in line 3 of the Results section of the Abstract: 163.1 per 100,000 should be 143.1 per 100,000.

On page 5, line 10 of the Discussion section: 76.3 per 100 000 should be 85.5 per 100 000.

On pages 484 and 485: Tables 4-6 contain incorrect values. The correct Tables 4-6 are listed below.

Table 4.

Age and gender-specific prevalence rates in the study population

All causes of dementia
Population All Male Female
Age range Male (n) Female (n) n Rate* 95% CI n Rate* 95% CI n Rate* 95% CI
30–34 14 955 13 956 2 6.9 (1.0–25.0) 2 13.4 (1.6–48.3) 0
35–39 14 451 13 145 1 3.6 (1.0–20.2) 0 1 7.6 (1.0–42.4)
40–44 15 656 14 683 6 19.8 (7.3–43.0) 5 31.9 (10.4–74.5) 1 6.8 (1.0–38.0)
45–49 16 094 15 507 7 22.2 (8.9–45.6) 5 31.1 (10.1–72.5) 2 12.9 (1.6–46.6)
50–54 14 908 14 146 27 92.9 (61.3–135.2) 11 73.8 (36.8–132.0) 16 113.1 (64.7–183.6)
55–59 13 762 13 199 44 163.2 (118.6–219.0) 21 152.6 (94.5–233.2) 23 174.3 (110.5–261.4)
60–64 12 830 12 732 84 328.6 (262.2–406.7) 42 327.4 (236.0–442.2) 42 329.9 (237.8–445.6)
30–44 45 062 41 784 9 10.4 (4.7–19.7) 7 15.5 (6.2–32.0) 2 4.8 (1.0–17.3)
30–64 102 656 97 368 171 85.5 (73.2–99.3) 86 83.8 (67.0–103.5) 85 87.3 (69.7–107.9)
45–64 57 594 55 584 162 143.1 (122.0–166.9) 79 137.2 (108.6–170.9) 83 149.3 (119.0–185.1)

*Rate per 100 000 people at risk.

Table 5.

Age specific prevalence rates for the most common causes of YOD

Alzheimer’s disease HD dementia Alcohol related dementia Vascular dementia Frontotemporal dementia
Age range n Rate* 95% CI N Rate* 95% CI n Rate* 95% CI n Rate* 95% CI n Rate* 95% CI
35–39 1 3.6 (1.0–20.2)
40–44 5 16.5 (5.4–38.5) 1 3.3 (1.0–18.4)
45–49 3 9.5 (2.0–27.7) 1 3.2 (1.0–17.6)
50–54 6 20.7 (7.6–44.9) 4 13.8 (3.8–35.2) 2 6.9 (1.0–24.9) 1 3.4 (1.0–19.2) 1 3.4 (1.0–19.2)
55–59 15 55.6 (31.1–91.7) 3 11.1 (2.3–32.5) 2 7.4 (1.0–26.8) 3 11.1 (2.3–32.5) 7 26.0 (10.4–53.5)
60–64 53 207.3 (155.3–271.1) 5 19.6 (6.4–45.6) 7 27.4 (11.0–56.4) 4 15.6 (4.3–40.1) 4 15.6 (4.3–40.1)
30–64 74 37.0 (29.1–46.4) 21 10.5 (6.5–16.0) 11 5.5 (2.7–9.8) 11 5.5 (2.7–9.8) 12 6.0 (3.1–10.5)
45–64 74 65.4 (51.3–82.1) 15 13.3 (7.4–21.9) 11 9.7 (4.9–17.4) 9 8.0 (3.6–15.1) 12 10.6 (5.5–18.5)

*Rate per 100 000 people at risk.

Table 6.

Prevalence rates per 100,000 persons at risk of dementia and subtypes in various population-based studies

All dementia
Norway Australia Japan England England
(Current study) (Whithall et al., 2014) (Ikejima et al., 2009) (Harvey et. Al 2003) (Ratnavalli et al., 2002)
Age:
50–54 92.9 102.7 59.0 62.5
55–59 163.2 131.2 94.3 152.1
60–64 328.6 265.2 163.3 166.3
3064 85.5 68.2 51.7* 54.0
4564 143.1 132.9 83.3 98.1 81.0
Dementia subtypes
Norway Australia Japan England England Norway Australia Japan England England
(Current study) (Whithall et al., 2014) (Ikejima et al., 2009) (Harvey et. Al 2003) (Ratnavalli et al., 2002) (Current study) (Whithall et al., 2014) (Ikejima et al., 2009) (Harvey et. Al 2003) (Ratnavalli et al., 2002)
AD VaD
Age:
50–54 20.7 6.4 9.8 16.4 3.4 6.4 22.9 6.6
55–59 55.6 13.1 28.0 50.7 11.1 13.1 42.2 32.6
60–64 207.3 74.6 49.5 77.3 15.6 49.7 78.4 38.7
3064 37.0 9.3 13.4* 17.4 5.5 7.7 10.1* 8.7
4564 65.4 19.9 22.3 35.0 15.1 8.0 14.9 38.6 17.9 8.2
FTD ARD
50–54 3.4 6.4 1.5 3.3 6.9 32.1 19.7
55–59 26.0 26.2 1.7 25.4 7.4 32.8 18.1
60–64 15.6 8.3 4.4 23.2 27.4 49.7 11.6
30–64 6.0 5.4 1.2* 7.5 5.5 16.3 6.6
45–64 10.6 11.6 2.0 15.4 15.1 9.7 33.1 13.6

*Calculated.


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