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The distribution of dementia, depression and neurosis in elderly men and women in an urban community: Assessed using the GMS–AGECAT package
Author(s) -
Copeland J. R. M.,
Gurland B. J.,
Dewey M. E.,
Kelleher M. J.,
Smith A. M. R.,
Davidson I. A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930020307
Subject(s) - dementia , depression (economics) , neuroticism , neurosis , medicine , gerontology , psychiatry , psychology , demography , disease , personality , social psychology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
A computerized diagnosis, AGECAT, is applied to data from random community samples of elderly people in New York and London in order to examine the distribution of mental illness between males and females. The greater proportion of dementia in females is confirmed for all AGECAT's levels of diagnostic confidence, and for depression at all levels except one. Age‐ and sex‐specific prevalence rates are quoted for each half decade between 65 and 90 years. Differences between the sexes on syndrome case and subcase levels of neurotic disorder do not reach statistical significance.