Capacity to Vote in Persons with Dementia and the Elderly

Table 1

Characteristics of 68 patients with Alzheimer’s dementia and 25 elderly subjects without mental illness of the Arganda Senior Residence who were evaluated for their capacity to vote.

	Dementia group		Normal group
Characteristics	𝑁	% or range	𝑁	% or range
Sex
Male	16	23.5	9	36
Female	52	76.5	16	64
Age
70–79	10	14.7	4	16
80–89	35	51.5	16	64
90–99	22	32.4	5	20
Age (M ±SD)	86.4±7	61–99	84.5±6.6	70–98
MMSE score (M±SD)^a	12.7±6.3	0–22	26.8±1.6	25–29

^aPossible scoring for MMSE ranges from 0 to 30, with higher score representing greater cognitive capacity.