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Table 1 Incidence rates of dementia in the Conselice Study of Brain Aging and corresponding projections in 2020 for the Italian population

From: The Conselice Study of Brain Ageing

Age Groups, Years

Findings in 2003-2004 Rate per 1,000 person-years

Projection in 2020: No. of expected new cases in Italy

All dementias

  

65 – 69

8.6 [3.9 – 19.2]

 

70 – 74

23.3 [15.2 – 35.9]

 

75 – 79

45.02 [32.2 – 63.0]

 

80 – 84

55.1 [36.7 – 83.0]

 

85 – 94

111.8 [78.7 – 159.0]

 

All ages

37.8 [30.0 – 47.7]*

584,575

Alzheimer’s Disease

  

65 – 74

11.3 [7.1 – 17.9]

 

75 – 84

28.1 [20.0 – 39.6]

 

85 – 94

75.8 [49.4 – 116.2]

 

All ages

23.8 [17.3 – 31.7]*

378,310

Vascular Dementia

  

65 – 74

5.0 [2.5 – 10.0]

 

75 – 84

16.2 [10.3 – 25.4]

 

85 – 94

25.2 [12.0 – 53.0]

 

All ages

11.0 [7.2 – 16.9]*

165,388

  1. * standardized to the 2003 Italian population
  2. 95% confidence interval in brackets