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Incidence of Dementia May Be Decreasing Slightly – Relative to Previously Expected Rates (BBC News / Lancet Neurology)

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The prevalence of dementia in western Europe may be increasing less rapidly than previously predicted. The reason(s) why rates of dementia may be levelling-off, or even falling, is not certain; but improvements in general wellbeing and ongoing work towards … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Age-Specific Prevalence of Dementia, Ageing Policy in Europe, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Aging Research Center: Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm University, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Care Sciences and Society: Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm University, Centre for Ageing and Health: University of Gothenburg, Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Salud Mental (Madrid), Dementia Policy, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Neurobiology: Karolinska Institutet-Stockholm University, Department of Psychiatry: Universidad de Zaragoza, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Depression, Diabetes, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Europe, Evidence-Based Policy, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany, Government Policy, Health Policy, Hypertension, Incidence Studies, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology: University of Gothenburg, Institute of Public Health: Cambridge, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), Karolinska Institutet-Stockholm University, Lancet Neurology, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Low Educational Attainment, Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Dementia Policy, Netherlands, Neurology, Newcastle University, Obesity, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Sahlgrenska Academy: University of Gothenburg, School of Clinical Medicine: University of Cambridge, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Spain, Stroke, Sweden, Universidad de Zaragoza, University of Cambridge, University of Gothenburg, Vascular Risk Factors, Western Europe, Zaragoza | Leave a comment

Global Study of Stroke Statistics: Stroke in Younger People Now More Common (NHS Choices / Lancet / Lancet Global Health)

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A major international research project – reviewing 119 studies (58 from high-income countries and 61 from low-income / middle-income countries) has discovered – amongst many other statistics – that the proportion of younger people affected by stroke is increasing. Stroke … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, Systematic Reviews, UK | Tagged Acute Ischaemic Stroke, Age and Ageing, Ageing, and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010), Asia, Australia, Behind the Headlines, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bute Medical School: University of St Andrews, Capital Medical University (Beijing), China, Columbia University Medical Center, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, DALYs, Denmark, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Imperial College London, Department of Global Health: University of Washington, Division of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Edinburgh, Eastern Europe, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, European Stroke Statistics, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations: Tachikawa Hospital, France, GBD 2010 Analytical Technique (DisMod-MR), GBD Stroke Experts Group, Germany, Global Burden of Disease Study, Global Burden of Diseases Injuries, Haemorrhagic Stroke, Health Statistics, Imperial College London, Incidence of Stroke, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: University of Washington, Ireland, Ischaemic Stroke, Japan, Mortality Rates, MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health: Imperial College London, National Health Service Borders, National Institutes of Health Heart Lung and Blood Institute (Bethesda USA), National University of Ireland (Galway), National University of Singapore, New Zealand, North America, Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Overall Global Burden of Stroke (DALYs Lost), Premature Mortality, Prevalence of Stroke, Risk Factors of Stroke, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, School of Public Health: Imperial College London, Singapore, South Africa, Stroke Prevention, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Tachikawa Hospital, University of Auckland, University of Edinburgh, University of Miami, University of Oxford, University of St Andrews, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Washington, USA, Western Europe, World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Database, World Health Organization’s Global Burden of Disease, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine | Leave a comment

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