New AI research reveals scale of dementia in India uniofsurrey
Accurate estimation of dementia prevalence is essential for making effective public and social care policy to support individuals and families suffering from the disease. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of dementia in India using a semi-supervised machine learning approach based on a large nationally representative sample.The sample of this study is adults 60 years or older in the wave 1 of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India .
After obtaining the predictions, sampling weights and age standardization to the World Health Organization standard population were applied to generate the estimate for prevalence of dementia in India.The prevalence of dementia for those aged 60 years and older in India was 8.44% . The age-standardized prevalence was estimated to be 8.94% . The prevalence of dementia was greater for those who were older, were females, received no education, and lived in rural areas.
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