Prevalence of dementia in India: National and state estimates from a nationwide study.
Jinkook LeeErik MeijerKenneth M LangaMary GanguliMathew VargheseJoyita BanerjeePranali KhobragadeMarco AngrisaniRavi KurupSankha Shubhra ChakrabartiIndrajeet Singh GambhirParvaiz A KoulDebabrata GoswamiArunanshu TalukdarRashmi Ranjan MohantyRaju Sathyanarayana YadatiMekala PadmajaLalit SankheChhaya RajguruMonica GuptaGovind KumarMinakshi DharPrasun ChatterjeeSunny SinghalRishav BansalSwati BajpaiGaurav DesaiAbhijith R RaoPalanimuthu T SivakumarKrishna Prasad MuliyalaSwaroop BhatankarAparajita ChattopadhyayDipti GovilSarang PedgaonkarT V SekherDavid E BloomEileen M CrimminsAparajit Ballav DeyPublished in: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association (2023)
The estimated dementia prevalence for adults ages 60+ in India is 7.4%. About 8.8 million Indians older than 60 years live with dementia. Dementia is more prevalent among females than males and in rural than urban areas. Significant cross-state variation exists in dementia prevalence.