Dementia prevalence and incidence among the Indigenous and non‐Indigenous populations of the Northern Territory

#NCDs #SDGs #publichealth #dementia In 2011 the age-adjusted prevalence of dementia for the Northern Territory Indigenous population was 6.5 per 100, compared with the NT non-Indigenous prevalence of 2.6 per 100, which was similar to the national rate h

. The age-adjusted prevalence of dementia for the Northern Territory Indigenous population in Australia was 6.5 per 100, compared with the NT non-Indigenous prevalence of 2.6 per 100, which was similar to the national rate. https://t.co/y5JzwiT6T1 .

Dementia rates three times higher in indigenous population and its occurs earlier. @theMJA http://t.co/3ACNNQ2R26

Dementia rates three times higher in indigenous population and its occurs earlier. @theMJA http://t.co/3ACNNQ2R26