Dementia Rate Is Found to Drop Sharply, as Forecast - Capstone Brokerage

Senior Health Las VegasPosted by: Gina Kolata (NY Times)

A new study has found that dementia rates among people 65 and older in England and Wales have plummeted by 25 percent over the past two decades, to 6.2 percent from 8.3 percent, a trend that researchers say is probably occurring across developed countries and that could have major social and economic implications for families and societies.

Another recent study, conducted in Denmark, found that people in their 90s who were given a standard test of mental ability in 2010 scored substantially better than people who had reached their 90s a decade earlier. Nearly one-quarter of those assessed in 2010 scored at the highest level, a rate twice that of those tested in 1998. The percentage of subjects severely impaired fell to 17 percent from 22 percent.

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Gina Kolata: Dementia Rate is Found to Drop Sharply, as Forcasted. July 2013, Retrieved July 14, 2013. Website: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/health/study-finds-dip-in-dementia-rates.html?hp&_r=0