Prevalence of dementia in Singapore: Changes across a decade
The prevalence of dementia decreased from 10% to 8.8% over a decade in Singapore. The prevalence varied by age group, ethnicity, employment status, and health factors. The prevalence of undiagnosed dementia decreased significantly from 70.6% to 51.5%.
Authors
- Mythily Subramaniam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4530-1096)
- Fiona Devi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-5258)
- Edimansyah Abdin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1016-3298)
- Harish Magadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0209-5890)
- Rathi Mahendran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4213-7163)
- Siow Ann Chong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8889-7980)
- Martin Prince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1379-7146)
- P. V. Asharani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-5214)
- Vathsala Sagayadevan
- Kumarasan Roystonn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9100-0353)
- Wai Leng Chow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7972-1817)
- Paul McCrone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7001-4502)
- Anitha Jeyagurunathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-4672)
- Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-1896)
- Saleha Shafie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3643-6573)
- Fengyuan Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7739-2215)
- Stefan Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2415-5045)
- Peizhi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7054-1879)
- Li Ling Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3450-7008)
- Boon Yiang Chua
- Derrick Heng
- Bernard Chin Wee Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-231X)
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (SG)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- King's College London (GB)
- Changi General Hospital (SG)
- Institute of Mental Health (SG)
- National University Health System (SG)
- University of Greenwich (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14485
- Citations
- 19
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 27.95