Dementia and disadvantage in the USA and England: population-based comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare dementia prevalence and how it varies by socioeconomic status (SES) across the USA and England.

Design

Population-based comparative study.

Setting

Non-Hispanic whites aged over 70 population in the USA and England.

Participants

Data from the Health and Retirement Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which are harmonised, nationally representative panel studies. The sample includes 5330 and 3147 individuals in the USA and England, respectively.

Main outcome measures

Between country differences in age-gender standardised dementia prevalence, across the SES gradient. Dementia prevalence was estimated in each country using an algorithm based on an identical battery of demographic, cognitive and functional measures.

Res

SUBMITTER: Arapakis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8496387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature