Trends in inequalities in the prevalence of dementia in the United States

Peter Hudomiet, Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder
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Michael D. Hurd: a Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401;; b National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA 02138;; c Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR), 5037 Tilburg, The Netherlands
Susann Rohwedder: a Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401;; c Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR), 5037 Tilburg, The Netherlands

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, vol. 119, issue 46, e2212205119

Abstract: Reducing health disparities is a high-level national priority. Dementia is a widespread, burdensome, and costly condition with substantial variation in prevalence by education, by sex, and across racial and ethnic groups. While a decline in population prevalence has been firmly established, much less is known about trends in disparities, even whether they have increased or decreased. Yet this knowledge is vital if public policy is to address these disparities. In addition to the benefit to public policy, the study of these subpopulations over time has the scientific benefit of establishing hypotheses about causal mechanisms for dementia because different subpopulations and cohorts were exposed differentially to risk factors such as education, paid work, health care delivery, and economic circumstances.

Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; racial and ethnic inequalities; longitudinal analysis; Markov Chain Monte Carlo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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