Health inequalities in disease burden of dementia and early-onset dementia: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study
Although there has been progresses in controlling the global trends of dementia incidence, prevalence, and mortality, significant regional and national inequalities remain evident. More importantly, the early-onset dementia burden is increasing significantly among females in the African region, underscoring the critical need for healthcare systems that address dementia across the early midlife span.
Authors
- Donghua Mi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-8769)
- Chao Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2099-755X)
- Hongguang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6716-5393)
- Lu Gram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-0465)
- Jue Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1938-9365)
- Min Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8860-0374)
- Min Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9958-7686)
- Fude Yang
Institutions
- Kunming University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Beijing Tian Tan Hospital (CN)
- First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province (CN)
- The First Hospital of Kunming (CN)
- Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital (CN)
- George Institute for Global Health (CN)
- Peking University Sixth Hospital (CN)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Research and Policy
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-025-00417-x
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.84
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China