Gender and Age Differences and the Trend in the Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in Taiwan: A 7-Year National Population-Based Study
Joint Authors
Liu, Chih-Ching
Li, Chung-Yi
Sun, Yu
Hu, Susan C.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-11-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Very few nationwide studies have focused on the variations in the incidence and prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Asian countries.
This study aims to describe the gender and age differences in the incidence and prevalence of dementia and AD in Taiwan.
Methods.
The data on dementia and AD were acquired from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from 2004 to 2010.
The sex and age-specific rates were standardized, and the differences of gender and age on dementia or AD were assessed using Poisson regression analysis.
Results.
Over seven years, the prevalence of dementia and AD significantly increased from 4.7 to 7.6 per hundred people (β = 0.0784, p<0.0001) and 2.3 to 3.5 per hundred people (β = 0.0696, p<0.0001), respectively.
However, the incidence of both dementia and AD decreased but not significantly from 10.9 to 10.7 and 4.9 to 4.6 per thousand person-years, respectively.
Noticeably, both incidence and prevalence increased with age and were higher in women than in men.
Conclusions.
The standardized incidence rates of dementia and AD are much lower than the data reported in some studies from Europe, the US, and Japan.
Further studies are warranted to explore which factors are associated with the differences in the incidence of dementia and AD in Taiwan.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Chih-Ching& Li, Chung-Yi& Sun, Yu& Hu, Susan C.. 2019. Gender and Age Differences and the Trend in the Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in Taiwan: A 7-Year National Population-Based Study. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1125996
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Chih-Ching…[et al.]. Gender and Age Differences and the Trend in the Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in Taiwan: A 7-Year National Population-Based Study. BioMed Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1125996
American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Chih-Ching& Li, Chung-Yi& Sun, Yu& Hu, Susan C.. Gender and Age Differences and the Trend in the Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in Taiwan: A 7-Year National Population-Based Study. BioMed Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1125996
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1125996