Table 2 Incidence of first hospitalization for vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and senile dementia
From: Long-term exposure to air pollution and hospitalization for dementia in the Rome longitudinal study
Characteristics | Vascular dementia | Alzheimer’s disease | Senile dementia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First hospitalization | SHR a | First hospitalization | SHR a | First hospitalization | SHR a | ||||
N | % | (10,000 P-Y) | N | % | (10,000 P-Y) | N | % | (10,000 P-Y) | |
Total | 7497 | 100 | 32 | 7669 | 100 | 28 | 7833 | 100 | 32 |
Age | |||||||||
65–69 | 983 | 13.1 | 1347 | 17.6 | 1033 | 13.2 | |||
70–74 | 1721 | 23.0 | 2244 | 29.3 | 1806 | 23.1 | |||
75–79 | 2185 | 29.1 | 2319 | 30.2 | 2295 | 29.3 | |||
80–84 | 1507 | 20.1 | 1182 | 15.4 | 1490 | 19.0 | |||
85–89 | 837 | 11.2 | 493 | 6.4 | 907 | 11.6 | |||
90+ | 264 | 3.5 | 84 | 1.1 | 302 | 3.9 | |||
Age mean (SD) | 77.7 (6.5) | 75.8 (5.8) | 77.7 (6.6) | ||||||
Gender | |||||||||
Men | 3083 | 41.1 | 35 | 2679 | 34.9 | 25 | 2654 | 33.9 | 29 |
Women | 4414 | 58.9 | 30 | 4990 | 65.1 | 30 | 5179 | 66.1 | 35 |
Place of Birth b | |||||||||
Rome | 2326 | 31.0 | 34 | 2336 | 30.5 | 28 | 2453 | 31.3 | 35 |
Other | 5171 | 69.0 | 31 | 5333 | 69.5 | 28 | 5380 | 68.7 | 32 |
Marital Status b | |||||||||
Married | 3690 | 49.2 | 29 | 4200 | 54.8 | 28 | 3629 | 46.3 | 30 |
Single | 603 | 8.0 | 36 | 416 | 5.4 | 21 | 649 | 8.3 | 37 |
Separated | 227 | 3.0 | 42 | 206 | 2.7 | 25 | 265 | 3.4 | 37 |
Widowed | 2977 | 39.7 | 36 | 2847 | 37.1 | 29 | 3290 | 42 | 37 |
Education b | |||||||||
Primary School | 4445 | 59.3 | 37 | 4445 | 58.0 | 32 | 4475 | 57.1 | 36 |
Junior high School | 1452 | 19.4 | 31 | 1483 | 19.3 | 27 | 1463 | 18.7 | 31 |
High School | 970 | 12.9 | 23 | 1087 | 14.2 | 22 | 1193 | 15.2 | 28 |
University | 630 | 8.4 | 24 | 654 | 8.5 | 22 | 702 | 9 | 28 |
Area-based SEP c | |||||||||
Very High | 1355 | 18.1 | 25 | 1510 | 19.7 | 25 | 1605 | 20.5 | 30 |
High | 1579 | 21.0 | 30 | 1605 | 20.9 | 27 | 1714 | 21.9 | 32 |
Medium | 1639 | 21.9 | 34 | 1537 | 20.0 | 28 | 1578 | 20.1 | 32 |
Low | 1552 | 20.7 | 36 | 1565 | 20.4 | 30 | 1512 | 19.3 | 35 |
Very Low | 1372 | 18.3 | 38 | 1452 | 18.9 | 32 | 1424 | 18.2 | 38 |
CVD prevalent | |||||||||
Yes | 2722 | 36.3 | 40 | 2046 | 26.7 | 32 | 2354 | 30.1 | 41 |
No | 4775 | 63.7 | 19 | 5623 | 73.3 | 27 | 5479 | 69.9 | 30 |
Stroke prevalent | |||||||||
Yes | 354 | 4.7 | 87 | 115 | 1.5 | 29 | 193 | 2.5 | 50 |
No | 7143 | 95.3 | 23 | 7554 | 98.5 | 28 | 7640 | 97.5 | 33 |
COPD | |||||||||
Yes | 583 | 7.8 | 51 | 392 | 5.1 | 33 | 526 | 6.7 | 47 |
No | 6914 | 92.2 | 31 | 7277 | 94.9 | 28 | 7307 | 93.3 | 32 |
Brain injury | |||||||||
Yes | 75 | 1.0 | 46 | 62 | 0.8 | 37 | 71 | 0.9 | 44 |
No | 7422 | 99.0 | 32 | 7607 | 99.2 | 28 | 7762 | 99.1 | 33 |
Distance to HTR (m) | |||||||||
< 50 | 1583 | 21.1 | 26 | 1446 | 18.9 | 27 | 1516 | 19.4 | 33 |
50–100 | 1201 | 16.0 | 25 | 1149 | 15.0 | 27 | 1184 | 15.1 | 32 |
101–200 | 2154 | 28.7 | 32 | 2173 | 28.3 | 29 | 2108 | 26.9 | 31 |
201–300 | 1122 | 15.0 | 30 | 1253 | 16.3 | 28 | 1293 | 16.5 | 33 |
> 300 | 1437 | 19.1 | 29 | 1648 | 21.5 | 29 | 1732 | 22.1 | 37 |