ArticleThe journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2018
Geographic Clusters of Alzheimer's Disease Mortality Rates in the USA: 2008-2012.
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- Trends in mortality from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias with hyperlipidemia in the United States from 1999 to 2020-a CDC WONDER database study.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review.International journal of health geographics · 2022Article
- Geographic disparities in mortality from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Viewpoint: Impact of the Covid-19 Outbreak on the Clinical and Research Activities of Memory Clinics: An Alzheimer's Disease Center Facing the Covid-19 Crisis.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2020Article
- Alzheimer's Disease Dementia Prevalence in the United States: A County-Level Spatial Machine Learning Analysis.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
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Abstract
importanceThe results identified geographic clusters of high and low Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related mortality across the contiguous United States. These clusters identify specific geographic groupings of counties that allow researchers to narrow the focus to identify some of the biopsychosocial variables contributing to increased or decreased AD mortality.
objectivesTo determine the extent to which geographic clusters exist where AD mortality significantly differs from the national average. Such knowledge could further future research in a more focused study of variables that are contributing to these differences.
designAge adjusted AD mortality rates were analyzed with a spatial cluster analysis using the disease surveillance software SatScanTM.
resultsThree large clusters had elevated age-adjusted AD mortality of at least 60% above the national average. These clusters were in Washington State, Iowa, and North and South Dakota. Below average AD mortality was observed in several areas including New York City, and parts of Arizona, California, Arkansas and Texas. Conclusion and Relevance: This study demonstrates the use of disease surveillance methodology in identifying geographic patterns of unusually high or low AD mortality rates in the USA. Such results provide supporting evidence of appropriate locations to test interventions with the goal to reduce AD mortality.
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