Declining Incidence of Stroke and Dementia: Coincidence or Prevention Opportunity? | Zendy

Luciano A. Sposato | Zendy; Moira K. Kapral | Zendy; Jiming Fang | Zendy; Sudeep S. Gill | Zendy; Daniel G. Hackam | Zendy; Lauren E. Cipriano | Zendy; Vladimir Hachinski | Zendy

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Declining Incidence of Stroke and Dementia: Coincidence or Prevention Opportunity?

Author(s) -

Luciano A. Sposato,

Moira K. Kapral,

Jiming Fang,

Sudeep S. Gill,

Daniel G. Hackam,

Lauren E. Cipriano,

Vladimir Hachinski

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298

H-Index - 231

eISSN - 2168-6157

pISSN - 2168-6149

DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2816

Subject(s) - dementia , incidence (geometry) , stroke (engine) , gerontology , medicine , population , demography , health care , longitudinal study , longitudinal data , environmental health , political science , disease , sociology , pathology , optics , physics , mechanical engineering , law , engineering

Declining Incidence of Stroke and Dementia: Coincidence or Prevention Opportunity? Stroke and dementia pose significant threats to the adult brain and share the same treatable risk factors.1 Stroke incidence in high-income countries has been declining,2 coinciding with better risk-factor control. However, hitherto there have been encouraging trends, but no proof, of declining dementia incidence.3 To address this, we analyzed health care administrative data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information for the province of Ontario, Canada.

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