Prevalence of Dementia in American Indians and Alaska Natives Compared to White, Black, and Hispanic Medicare Beneficiaries: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of dementia among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Medicare beneficiaries and compare the prevalence of dementia in AIANs and other racial and ethnic minority groups-non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs) and Hispanics-with non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs) Medicare beneficiaries.

Methods

We used survey data from Round 5 of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS, 2015) (N = 7,449), a nationally representative study of Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 years and older. We used logistic regression to estimate the age- and sex-adjusted prevalence of dementia with 95% confidence intervals by race/ethnicity as well as prevalence differences between groups.

Results

The majority of participants were between 65 and 74 years old. Approximately

SUBMITTER: Moon HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184505 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature