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Epidemiological study of Dementia in China, Japan, America and Europe

Volume 5 - Issue 2

**Chenghui Yang†¹, Xirui Guo†², Jia Chen³, Bo Zhou⁴ and Wei Wu⁵**

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- ¹1Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
- ²Department of Pharmacy, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
- ³Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
- ⁴4Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
- ⁵Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
*Corresponding author: Bo Zhou, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Jia Chen, Department of Pharmacy, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Received: May 29, 2018; Published: June 07, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.05.001176

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Abstract

Objectives: The goal of this study was to summarize epidemiological studies of dementia in China, Japan, America and Europe, and to make comparison of the prevalence rate and risk factors in these countries to analyze differences among them.

Methods: Electron¬ic databases including PUBMED, EMBASE, WEB OF SCIENCE, CNKI, CBM, VIP and WANGFANG are searched for relevant articles about epidemiological study of dementia.

Results: From 2000 to 2005, the prevalence of dementia was 5.15% in China,15% in Japan and 4%-8% in Europe. Risk factors of dementia are different among countries as age, gender, education and other factors.

Conclusion: Gender and education are two of most important risk factors of dementia.

Keywords: Dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; Prevalence; Risk factors; Epidemiology