Practices and perspectives of primary care physicians in Japan and the United States about diagnosing dementia: a qualitative study

Table 1 Population and dementia prevalence in Japan, US, and Michigan. (2020)

	Japan	U.S.	Michigan
Total population	126 million	327 million	10 million
Share of the population aged over 65 and older	27.7%	15.6%	17.7%
Population living with dementia, 65 and older	6.3 million	5.8 million	0.2 million
Dementia population rate among 65 and older	17.5%	11.4%	10.7%

Sources: OECD, 2020; OECD, 2019; United States Census Bureau, 2019; Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, 2017; Alzheimer’s Association, 2020.

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