Table 1

Meta-rate of undetected dementia by location of study

Location of studyNumber of studiesNumber of patientsNumber of casesMeta-prevalence (% (95% CI))
Country*
 UK366427143.1 (34.6 to 52.0)
 Those in Europe except UK8105766158.2 (48.3 to 67.5)
 USA8161393460.7 (51.7 to 69.0)
 Canada239 71228 09370.7 (70.3 to 71.2)
 Those in Asia240037393.2 (90.3 to 95.3)
Setting
 Community-based only152816177663.7 (54.8 to 71.8)
 Residential or nursing care only540 24928 31350.9 (29.5 to 71.9)
 Population study (community and/or residential)338124365.8 (49.7 to 79.0)
  • *The meta-rate from the 11 studies from Europe is 53.7% (44.0% to 63.1%) and from North America is 62.9% (54.4% to 70.6%).