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Table 5 Severity of dementia in the two areas (urban and rural) and overall

From: The prevalence of dementia in a Portuguese community sample: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group study

  

DSM-IV dementia

10/66 DRG dementia

  

Urban

Rural

Overall

Urban

Rural

Overall

 

Number of cases

30

21

51

64

65

129

CDR

No dementia

0

0

0

6 (9.4%)

2 (3.1%)

8 (6.2%)

Questionable

0

1 (4.8%)

1 (2.0%)

13 (20.3%)

15 (23.1%)

28 (21.7%)

Mild

19 (63.3%)

14 (66.7%)

33 (64.7%)

30 (46.9%)

36 (55.4%)

66 (51.2%)

Moderate

11 (36.7%)

6 (28.6%)

17 (33.3%)

15 (23.4%)

12 (18.5%)

27 (20.9%)

 

10/66 dementia, restricted to CDR mild/moderate/severe

   

7.53 (5.78–9.78)

8.63 (6.77–10.90)

8.09 (6.77–9.64)