Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Dementia in Greece

Table 1

Demographic and disease characteristics of study population ().

Sex	(%)
Male (%)	2276 (49.7)
Female (%)	2112 (46.1)
Age	Years
Mean age	73.6
Nationality	(%)
Greek	3630 (96.6)
Other	128 (3.4)
Education^†	(%)
Illiterate or low	2020 (48.9)
Middle	1761 (42.7)
Higher	347 (8.4)
Residence	(%)
Urban	2696 (68.9)
Rural	1215 (31.1)
Caregiver	(%)
Relative	3199 (84.1)
Other	606 (15.9)
Type of dementia	(%)
Alzheimer’s disease	1664 (40.0)
Vascular dementia	1018 (24.5)
Mixed form	1378 (33.2)
Other	96 (2.3)

Valid answers.
Low education (first 6 years of formal education), middle education (secondary education consisting of 7–12 years of formal education), and higher education (tertiary education towards a degree-level qualification).