Prevalence and geographical variation of dementia in New Zealand from 2012 to 2015: Brief report utilising routinely collected data within the Integrated Data Infrastructure.

CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first study ascertaining dementia estimates using NZ's whole-of-population IDI data. Estimates were lower than existing NZ estimates, for several reasons. Further work is required, including expanding IDI data sets, to develop future estimates that better reflect NZ's diverse population. PMID: 32394527 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - May 10, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Walesby KE, Exeter DJ, Gibb S, Wood PC, Starr JM, Russ TC Tags: Australas J Ageing Source Type: research