Table 2.
Total- and gender-specific mortality rates among people with dementia by country*
| Country | Total mortality rates | Gender-specific crude mortality rates | CMR*** | ||
| Crude mortality rates | Standardized mortality rates** | Female | Male | ||
| Cuba | 195.2 (166.2–226.8) | 195.2 (166.2–226.8) | 184.4 (153.0–223.3) | 220.2 (166.5–291.4) | 1.0 |
| Dominican Republic | 145.2 (119.0–177.1) | 157.0 (93.4–276.9) | 129.0 (100.8–165.2) | 188.9 (135.0–264.4) | 0.80 |
| Puerto Rico | 182.8 (150.0–222.8) | 183.4 (109.4–325.1) | 170.3 (132.2–219.3) | 214.4 (156.0–294.7) | 0.94 |
| Peru | 111.2 (82.5–150.0) | 116.9 (42.8–270.5) | 91.7 (61.5–136.8) | 152.1 (97.0–238.4) | 0,60 |
| Venezuela | 95.6 (69.8–130.8) | 116.3 (44.8–303.5) | 85.6 (57.3–127.6) | 117.7 (70.9–195.2) | 0.60 |
| Mexico | 102.0 (76.2–138.5) | 109.9 (47.5–306.4) | 92.6 (63.5–134.9) | 126.2 (77.3–206.0) | 0.56 |
| China | 185.9 (151.0–228.9) | 208.8 (116.2 –371.7) | 170.2 (129.4–224.0) | 212.2 (154.4.–291.6) | 1.07 |
| India | 173.8 (117.4–257.2) | 149.4 (42.3–605.2) | 112.4 (62.2–202.9) | 304.6 (180.4–514.3) | 0.77 |
| Total | 153.5 (141.6–166.3) | — | 138.4 (125.0–153.3) | 188.4 (165.2–214.8) | — |
*Rates are given per 1,000 person-years (95% CI). **Directly Standardized for age and gender using the distribution of the Cuban sample as reference population. ***Comparative Mortality Ratio: comparison of adjusted mortality rates for each country in relation to Cuba’s rates.