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Dementia-related deaths in U.S. may be higher than reported – Mirage News
From 2000 to 2009, physicians and medical examiners noted dementia as a contributing factor on approximately 5% of death certificates. However, previous…
From 2000 to 2009, physicians and medical examiners noted dementia as a contributing factor on approximately 5% of death certificates. However, previous comparisons of vital statistics to other sources have indicated that dementia is markedly underreported as a cause of death, said University Professor Eileen Crimmins, holder of the AARP Chair in Gerontology and senior author of the study. Deaths attributed to dementia and other cognitive impairment may be vastly undercounted in the U.S., accord…
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