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1 Projections of future numbers of dementia cases in Australia with and without prevention Anthony F. Jorm, Keith B.G. Dear, Nicole M. Burgess Objective: To produce projections of the number of dementia cases in Australia from 2000 to These projections examine the effects of an ageing population on number of dementia cases and also the potential impact of preventive strategies that delay age of dementia onset. Method: Data from several meta-analyses of dementia prevalence and incidence were combined with age-specific population projections to arrive at estimates of future numbers of cases. A statistical model of dementia incidence was developed and used to estimate the effects of delaying onset by up to 5 years. Results: Without prevention, prevalence of dementia is estimated to increase from in 2000 to in Over the same period, the incidence of dementia is estimated to increase from to new cases a year. Delaying onset by 5 years would decrease prevalence in 2050 by 44%. Even a 6-month delay would reduce prevalence by 6%. Conclusions: Ageing of the population will lead to a rapid increase in number of dementia cases and an increasing burden for the working-age population. However, even modest prevention efforts could lessen the impact. Key words: dementia, incidence, prevalence, prevention. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 39: The prevalence and incidence of dementia rise exponentially with age, at least up to age 90 [1]. This exponential rise means that the number of cases of dementia in a population is largely determined by its age structure. It also means that as a population ages, the number of dementia cases will increase disproportionately. Projections of the future number of dementia cases are useful for service planning and advocacy. Since the mid- 1980s, several projections have been made of the number of dementia cases in Australia. Early work used prevalence rates derived from a single study and combined these with estimates of the future numbers of individuals Anthony Jorm, Professor and Director (Correspondence); Keith Dear, Senior Fellow; Nicole Burgess, Research Assistant Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia. anthony.jorm@anu.edu.au Received 3 November 2004; accepted 24 January in various age groups [2]. Subsequent work used rates derived from a meta-analysis of prevalence studies [3,4]. The last of these projections was made in 1998 using 1995 as the base year. The purpose of the present study is to produce updated dementia projections for Australia. There have now been several meta-analyses of both prevalence and incidence rates, making it difficult to choose a single set of estimates. A recent study of dementia projections in Europe used average data from several meta-analyses [5]. We have adopted their methodology and applied it to Australia. However, such projections assume that there is no change in prevalence and incidence rates, only a change in the age structure of the population. If there are successful preventive interventions in the future, these will reduce the prevalence and incidence rates and affect the projections. Consequently, we have also made projections under different prevention scenarios, assuming that prevention can delay the average age of dementia
2 960 PROJECTIONS OF DEMENTIA Table 1. Prevalence rates (%) of dementia according to meta-analyses Age band Jorm et al. [8] Hofman et al. [9] Ritchie and Kildea [10] Lobo et al. [11] Female + Male Female Male Female + Male Female Male Table 2. Incidence rates (%) of dementia according to meta-analyses Age band Jorm and Jolley [12] Gao et al. [13] Launer et al. [14] Fratiglioni et al. [15] Female + Male Female + Male Female + Male Female Male onset in the population. These estimates are based on the method of an earlier US study, which modelled the effects of disease delay on prevalence of Alzheimer s disease [6]. Method Baseline projections The present analysis is based on population projections for Australia developed by the United Nations (UN) for the period [7]. The projections were used in preference to those available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) because they gave estimates in 5-year age groups up to 95+ years, whereas the ABS projections only estimated up to 85+, and to be comparable to a recent study looking at dementia prevalence in the European region [5]. In these population projections, assumptions were made regarding fertility, mortality and international migration in several projection variants. The present analysis used the main projection (medium variant), which assumes low fertility, normal mortality and normal international migration. The methodology for calculating prevalence and incidence projections for dementia in the present analysis has been taken from the European study [5]. This study used age-specific prevalence and incidence rates for dementia from eight meta-analyses [8 15] (Tables 1, 2) to estimate future prevalence and incidence projections of dementia. The method estimated an age- and gender-adjusted prevalence projection across all meta-analyses by first calculating a prevalence projection for each meta-analysis. This was done by multiplying the population projection for each 5-year age band separated by gender with the corresponding age-specific prevalence rate from each meta-analysis. The mean per age band and genders over all studies was then calculated and this was then summed over both gender and all age bands. The projections for both the individual meta-analyses and the overall ageand gender-adjusted projection are reported (see [5] for exact formula). The same method was used to estimate the age- and gender-adjusted incidence, except that the incidence projections were calculated using the population at risk rather than the population. The population at risk is defined as the population minus the number of prevalent cases. We also estimated the number of working-age people per person with dementia. As defined by the UN Population Division [7], the workingage population included all people aged years. Projections with prevention To estimate the effect of interventions to delay the onset of dementia, we first estimated incidence for each gender and 5-year age band. We adopted the exponential function used by Brookmeyer et al. [6]: Incidence (% per year) = α exp[β(age 60)] and estimated the parameters α and β by least-squares to best approximate the mean of published prevalence and incidence estimates
3 A.F. JORM, K.B.G. DEAR, N.M. BURGESS 961 Table 3. Number of prevalent cases in Australia based on different meta-analyses Year n (1000) Jorm et al. [8] Hofman et al. [9] Ritchie and Kildea [10] Lobo et al. [11] Age- and gender-adjusted mean Table 4. Number of new dementia cases per year in Australia based on different meta-analyses Year n (1000) Jorm and Jolley [12] Gao et al. [13] Launer et al. [14] Fratiglioni et al. [15] Age- and gender-adjusted mean to 2050 (Tables 3, 4). The function minimized was the sum of the 12 squared relative errors. A third parameter, γ, expressed the relative mortality risk of people with dementia compared to the general population of the same age and gender. Incidence in each age group in a given year was estimated as the modelled incidence rate multiplied by the UN population projections, using linear interpolation of population to span the published 5-year intervals. The incidence function was applied to 5-year age bands from 40 to 104, using the mid-point of the age range, for example, 62 years for the age group. Prevalence in each age group in a given year was estimated as four-fifths the prevalence in the previous year plus one-fifth the prevalence in the previous year in the next younger age group, plus incidence less mortality. Specifically, the formula was Pj i = 4 5 Qi j Qi 1 j 1,whereQi j = Pj i (1 Mi j ) + I i [1 M i j /2]. Here, Pi j and Mi j represent the prevalence and mortality, respectively, in 5-year age band i in calendar year j,andi i is the incidence rate in age band i, assumed constant over time. Mortality was approximated as M i i+1 j = 1 (N j+5 /N i j )(γ/5), where N i j is the projected population and γ is a parameter to be estimated. We could then assess the likely impact on prevalence of interventions by simple modifications of the incidence function. For example, to simulate an intervention that delayed the onset of dementia by 2 years, we apply the function I i = α exp[β(a i 62)], where A i is the midpoint of the ith age band, using the estimated values of α, β and the same population and mortality projections. To estimate the impact on future prevalence, we subtract the new projected prevalence from that estimated under the unmodified model, for example, in 2010 rather than with the meta-analytic result of This is necessary so that the deviations of the model from the meta-analytic data, although small, do not affect the estimated impact. Results Baseline projections The projections of future prevalence are shown in Table 3. In 2000, there were (age- and gender-adjusted mean) prevalent dementia cases in Australia. In the next 50 years, the prevalence of dementia is estimated to rise 241% to dementia cases in As indicated in Fig. 1, dementia prevalence is projected to increase at a much greater rate than both the total population and the elderly population. The reason is that the old old are the fastest growing age group and also have the highest prevalence rate. Per cent increase over Australia Year People with dementia Elderly population Total population Figure 1. Projected increases in dementia cases, elderly population and total population for Australia,
4 962 PROJECTIONS OF DEMENTIA The annual number of new (incident) cases in Australia is estimated to rise from new cases of dementia in 2000 to new cases in the year 2050 (Table 4). This rise represents an estimated 231% increase in new dementia cases per year in the next 50 years. In 2000, there were an estimated million people in the workingage population in Australia. There were also people with dementia, which equates to a ratio of people in working-age per one person with dementia. Given the ageing population of Australia, dementia prevalence is increasing at a greater rate than that of the working-population, and in 2050, this ratio will be only people in working-age per one person with dementia (Table 5). Projections with prevention The estimated incidence function was: Incidence (% per year) = 1.95 exp[0.115(age 60)], with a relative mortality risk of This model approximates the projected prevalences and incidences with a root-mean-square relative error of 2.36%. The likely impact on dementia prevalence of delays in onset of dementia was also calculated. Table 6 shows the projected prevalence of dementia with delays in onset of 0.5, 1, 2 and 5 years. If the age of onset could be delayed by 5 years, there would be fewer people with dementia by 2010, and fewer people with dementia by In 2050, this represents a reduction in dementia prevalence of 43.7%. Even delaying the onset of dementia by 6 months would have a noticeable Table 5. Working-age population and number of working-age people per one person with dementia (=ratio) in Australia using age- and gender-adjusted mean numbers of prevalent cases Year n (1000) Ratio (n) Prevalent cases Working-age of dementia population impact on dementia prevalence. There would be fewer people with dementia by 2010, and by 2050 there would be fewer people with dementia, a reduction in dementia prevalence of 5.6%. Discussion This study has quantified the effects of population ageing on the prevalence and incidence of dementia in Australia and demonstrated that quite modest prevention efforts could lessen this impact. Projections of this sort make certain assumptions. The first is that the prevalence rates for Australia are close to those of European countries that have provided most of the data on prevalence. What limited data we have from Australia confirms that rates are not dissimilar to those in Europe [16]. Second, the method relies on the accuracy of the UN projections for the population. Population projections make assumptions about birth rates, immigration and mortality. However, for older age groups, birth rates are not an issue because the elderly of 2050 have already been born and can be counted. Similarly, immigration assumptions are unlikely to have much effect on estimates of older age groups. The key assumption is mortality. For example, if an emerging disease were to greatly increase mortality in younger age groups and fewer survived to older age groups, this would affect the present projections. The present projections have been for the dementia syndrome rather than for Alzheimer s disease or other diseases causing dementia. This is in contrast to a recent study by Access Economics that examined projections for Alzheimer s disease specifically [17]. The reason for the broader focus on dementia is that in the very elderly there are often multiple diseases summating to cause dementia and it becomes difficult to attribute the dementia to a single disease state [18]. Another reason is that Alzheimer s disease and vascular dementia were formerly thought of as involving separate mechanisms, but this is now being questioned, with vascular factors thought to play some role in Alzheimer s disease [19]. Finally, the social impact of various dementing diseases is similar, so that it is Table 6. Impact on prevalence of delays in onset of dementia Year All dementias (thousands) No delay 0.5-year delay 1-year delay 2-year delay 5-year delay
5 A.F. JORM, K.B.G. DEAR, N.M. BURGESS 963 the total burden that is important rather than the diseasespecific burden. Our statistical model estimates that delaying onset by even a few years can have an impact on future numbers of dementia cases. How realistic is the assumption that dementia onset can be delayed? There is presently no strong evidence that dementia can be prevented, but there are some promising leads, with a number of preventive trials either underway or recently completed. Potential interventions include anti-inflammatory medication, antioxidants, antihypertensive and cholesterol lowering medication, use of folic acid to lower homocysteine levels, and antiplatelet medication for individuals with a history of vascular disease [20]. References 1. Jorm AF. Dementia epidemiology: prevalence and incidence. In: Copeland JRM, Abou-Saleh MT, Blazer DG, eds. Principles and practice of geriatric psychiatry, 2nd edn. Chichester: Wiley, 2002: Henderson AS, Jorm AF. The problem of dementia in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, Jorm AF, Henderson AS. The problem of dementia in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, Henderson AS, Jorm AF. Dementia in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, Wancata J, Musalek M, Alexandrowicz R, Krautgartner M. Number of dementia sufferers in Europe between the years 2000 and European Psychiatry 2003; 18: Brookmeyer R, Gray S, Kawas C. Projections of Alzheimer s disease in the United States and the public impact of delaying disease onset. American Journal of Public Health 1998; 88: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. World population prospects: the 2002 revision. New York: UN, Jorm AF, Korten AE, Henderson AS. The prevalence of dementia: a quantitative integration of the literature. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1987; 76: Hofman A, Rocca WA, Brayne C et al. The prevalence of dementia in Europe: a collaborative study of findings. International Journal of Epidemiology 1991; 20: Ritchie K, Kildea D. Is senile dementia age-related or ageing-related? Evidence from meta-analysis of dementia prevalence in the oldest old. Lancet 1995; 346: Lobo A, Launer L, Fratiglioni L et al. Prevalence of dementia and major subtypes in Europe: a collaborative study of population-based cohorts. Neurology 2000; 54(Suppl 5): S4 S Jorm AF, Jolley D. The incidence of dementia. A meta-analysis. Neurology 1998; 51: Gao S, Hendrie HC, Hall KS, Hui S. The relationships between age, sex and the incidence of dementia and Alzheimer disease. Archives of General Psychiatry 1998; 55: Launer LJ, Andersen K, Dewey ME et al. Rates and risk factors for dementia and Alzheimer s disease. Results from EURODEM pooled analyses. Neurology 1999; 52: Fratiglioni L, Launer L, Andersen K et al. Incidence of dementia and major subtypes in Europe: a collaborative study of population-based cohorts. Neurology 2000; 54(Suppl 5): S10 S Henderson AS, Jorm AF, Mackinnon AJ et al. Asurveyof dementia in the Canberra population: experience with ICD-10 and DSM-III-R criteria. Psychological Medicine 1994; 24: Access Economics. Delaying the onset of Alzheimer s disease: projections and impacts. Canberra: Access Economics, Waite LM, Broe GA, Creasey H et al. Neurodegenerative and other chronic disorders among people aged 75 years and over in the community. Medical Journal of Australia 1997; 167: Skoog I. Vascular aspects in Alzheimer s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission 2000; 59: Jorm AF. Prevention of dementia. In: Qizilbash N, Schneider LS, Chui H, Tariot P, Brodaty H, Kaye J, Erkinjuntti T, eds. Evidence based dementia practice. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2002:
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