Table 2.

Characteristics of the deceased cohort (n = 145,293)

Characteristic	Value
Age at death, mean±SD for women (men)
Any dementia	83.5±6.5 (80.7±6.7)
AD	82.2±6.4 (80.2±6.5)
VaD	83.9±6.4 (81.0±6.7)
Unspecified	84.1±6.5 (80.9±6.9)
PDD	80.8±6.4 (78.9±5.9)
DLB	79.2±7.9 (76.9±6.6)
FTD	81.1±7.3 (77.5±7.0)
Cause of death
Chronic ischemic heart disease	21,135 (14.5)
Atherosclerosis	18,998 (13.1)
Cerebral atherosclerosis	10,748 (7.4)
Stroke	10,185 (7.0)
Dementia	16,230 (11.2)
Other	67,997 (46.8)

SD, standard deviation; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; VaD, vascular dementia; PDD, Parkinson’s disease with dementia; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; FTD, frontotemporal dementia.