Estimated Prevalence of Dementia per 1 000 Population

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publishing Organisation
Dementia indicators in "OECD Health at a Glance"
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Diagnosis

Defining Attributes

Definition

Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1 000 population

Numerator

Number of people with dementia, multiply by 1 000

Denominator

Number of population

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Data provided by individual countries

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

OECD Health at a glance is published every two years and online on www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/health-at-a-glance_19991312

Reporting Frequency
Biennial
Reporting Frequency in Days
730
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025