Trends in the Prevalence of Dementia in Japan

Table 4

Cerebrovascular mortality for the selected prefectures in Japan (per 100,000).

	Men			Women
		Year			Year
Prefecture* (latitude)		1975	2000	2005	1975	2000	2005
Miyagi (Tajiri Project site) (38°)	363.1	92.6	81.4	243.2	51.9	44.7
Tottori (Ama-cho study site) (35°)	260.3	78.4	65.9	177.1	49.1	37.6
Hiroshima (RERF-AHS study site) (34°)	222.0	68.6	55.4	162.1	39.9	31.9
Fukuoka (Hisayama study site) (33°)	248.6	68.1	55.0	159.0	42.4	30.4
Okinawa (26°)	190.4	63.5	51.9	113.3	30.0	23.1

(Reference: Japan Ministry of Welfare and Labor. Available at: http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/other/00sibou/toukei.html#hyo2 as of February 1, 2012).
*Listed from north to south prefectures in order.
Years are limited to 1975, 2000, and 2005 when the data is publicly available.