[ExI] dementia

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Sat May 29 00:36:14 UTC 2021


About 3.4 million people, or 13.9 *percent* of the population age 71 and
*older*, have some form of *dementia*, the study found. As expected, the
prevalence of *dementia* increased dramatically with age, from five
*percent* of those aged 71 to 79 to 37.4 *percent* of those age 90 and
*older*.

How about them 90 year olds?  Almost 2/3rds functioning well.  Of course
one does not get to be 90 without being in good health, as a general rule.
Surely the percentages would be higher if those with simple cognitive
decline, such as mild memory problems were included.  (I am assuming that
'dementia' does not include those.)

bill w
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