摘要
阿茨海默病已经成为全球范围内致残率最高和社会负担最重的疾病之一。本研究用Delphi一致性方法来研究了痴呆在全球各地区的患病情况。12个国际专家对已出版的有关痴呆研究结果进行了系统性回顾，并在WHO所属各区域从60～84岁每5年一个年龄段的男性和女性以及85岁以上人群患病率进行了评估。
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Alzheimer＇ s disease is one of the most disabling and burdensome health conditions worldwide. The authors used the Delphi consensus method to determine dementia prevalence for each world region. Totally 12 international experts were provided with a systematic review of published studies on dementia and were asked to provide prevalence estimates for every WHO world region,
