Trends in Prevalence and Mortality of Dementia in Elderly Hong Kong Population: Projections, Disease Burden, and Implications for Long-Term Care

<table>Estimated and projected numbers of people living in community with dementia in Hong Kong, by age group and sex, 2009 and 2039. Data sources: authors’ calculations based on data from elderly commission of Hong Kong [<a href="/journals/ijad/2012/406852/#B7">7</a>] Lam et al. [<a href="/journals/ijad/2012/406852/#B8">8</a>], and Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong [<a href="/journals/ijad/2012/406852/#B3">3</a>]. </table>

International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Figure 1: Trends in Prevalence and Mortality of Dementia in Elderly Hong Kong Population: Projections, Disease Burden, and Implications for Long-Term Care 

Figure 1 | Trends in Prevalence and Mortality of Dementia in Elderly Hong Kong Population: Projections, Disease Burden, and Implications for Long-Term Care 