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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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 Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: Dementia in SK |
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Don't these numbers seem huge?
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2009/04/13/0601000000AEN20090413002400320.HTML
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SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Over 400,000 senior citizens suffered from dementia last year ...
According to the report by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, the number of people afflicted with the disease stood at 420,000 last year, accounting for 8.4 percent of those aged 65 or older. |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Dementia in SK |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
Don't these numbers seem huge?
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2009/04/13/0601000000AEN20090413002400320.HTML
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SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Over 400,000 senior citizens suffered from dementia last year ...
According to the report by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, the number of people afflicted with the disease stood at 420,000 last year, accounting for 8.4 percent of those aged 65 or older. |
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The following article uses a slightly different age that may not make this article relevant as the change in mental state from 65 to 71 can be precipitous. With that in mind, I would say the rates here are either lower or underdiagnosed in contrast to the USA. I bet it's underdiagnosed.
I pulled the following from Pubmed today April 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM
http://content.karger.com/produktedb/produkte.asp?typ=fulltext&file=000109998
Prevalence of Dementia in the United States: The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
Aim: To estimate the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias in the USA using a nationally representative sample. Methods: The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study sample was composed of 856 individuals aged 71 years and older from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study (HRS) who were evaluated for dementia using a comprehensive in-home assessment. An expert consensus panel used this information to assign a diagnosis of normal cognition, cognitive impairment but not demented, or dementia (and dementia subtype). Using sampling weights derived from the HRS, we estimated the national prevalence of dementia, AD and vascular dementia by age and gender. Results: The prevalence of dementia among individuals aged 71 and older was 13.9%, comprising about 3.4 million individuals in the USA in 2002. The corresponding values for AD were 9.7% and 2.4 million individuals. Dementia prevalence increased with age, from 5.0% of those aged 71-79 years to 37.4% of those aged 90 and older. Conclusions: Dementia prevalence estimates from this first nationally representative population-based study of dementia in the USA to include subjects from all regions of the country can provide essential information for effective planning for the impending healthcare needs of the large and increasing number of individuals at risk for dementia as our population ages.
Copyright � 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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What was this about? I've forgotten.  |
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justaguy
Joined: 01 Jan 2008
Location: seoul
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| The numbers may be true but then again it could just be another government scam. I remember how many registered rice farmers there were getting government support, and then they discovered how many actually farmed rice. |
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