Study of the prevalence of senile dementia among elderly people in Xi'an, China / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

0 05) , repectively. Of all dementia, AD and VD accounted for 58 48% and 31 58%, respectively. The AD prevalence in female was higher than that in male( P 0 05). The prevalence of total dementia, AD and VD tended to increase with aging( P 0 05). The prevalence of dementia increased one fold every five year of age increasing. The prevalence of dementia and AD in illiterate group was higher than in educated people with elementary school level and above junior high school level ( P