Table 3 Changes in percentages of dementia sub diagnoses making up dementia patient population. Large shift towards unspecified dementia and decrease in vascular dementia is noted, indicating a possible lack of quality amongst dementia diagnostics
From: Changes in dementia diagnoses in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic
Region | Alzheimer’s disease 2020 | Vascular dementia 2020 | Unspecified dementia 2020 | Alzheimer’s disease 2019 | Vascular dementia 2019 | Unspecified dementia 2019 | Change 2020 vs 2019 Alzheimer’s disease | Change 2020 vs 2019 Vascular dementia | Change 2020 vs 2019 Unspecified dementia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden | 65,70% | 13,80% | 20,50% | 64,40% | 15,20% | 20,40% | 2,00% | −9,10% | 0,50% |
Stockholm | 72,40% | 13,70% | 13,90% | 70,90% | 15,80% | 13,30% | 2,10% | −13,10% | 4,30% |
Uppsala | 59,40% | 4,90% | 35,70% | 55,00% | 4,20% | 40,70% | 7,90% | 15,00% | −12,20% |
Södermanland | 46,80% | 19,50% | 33,60% | 49,10% | 21,10% | 29,80% | −4,70% | −7,20% | 12,80% |
Östergötland | 73,20% | 11,10% | 15,70% | 71,10% | 12,00% | 16,90% | 3,00% | −7,70% | −7,10% |
Jönköping | 58,90% | 13,00% | 28,00% | 56,00% | 14,80% | 29,20% | 5,20% | −11,90% | −3,90% |
Kronoberg | 38,90% | 17,60% | 43,50% | 30,00% | 22,90% | 47,10% | 29,70% | −23,00% | −7,70% |
Kalmar | 66,80% | 12,30% | 20,80% | 58,10% | 15,50% | 26,50% | 15,10% | −20,30% | −21,20% |
Gotland | 59,70% | 29,00% | 11,30% | 64,00% | 20,20% | 15,70% | −6,80% | 43,50% | −28,30% |
Blekinge | 60,70% | 23,30% | 16,00% | 58,40% | 22,60% | 19,00% | 3,90% | 3,10% | −15,80% |
Skåne | 63,70% | 15,90% | 20,40% | 66,20% | 16,20% | 17,60% | −3,80% | −1,70% | 16,10% |
Halland | 54,90% | 11,50% | 33,60% | 47,40% | 19,40% | 33,20% | 15,80% | −40,70% | 1,20% |
Västra Götaland | 56,70% | 12,60% | 30,70% | 56,40% | 12,70% | 30,90% | 0,50% | −0,40% | −0,70% |
Värmland | 57,70% | 18,90% | 23,40% | 52,00% | 19,40% | 28,60% | 11,00% | −2,70% | −18,20% |
Örebro | 61,60% | 17,20% | 21,20% | 52,20% | 22,50% | 25,30% | 18,00% | −23,60% | −16,10% |
Västmanland | 73,50% | 10,30% | 16,20% | 68,20% | 10,80% | 21,00% | 7,70% | −4,30% | −22,80% |
Dalarna | 72,10% | 10,70% | 17,20% | 70,60% | 14,50% | 14,90% | 2,10% | −26,30% | 15,60% |
Gävleborg | 56,00% | 21,40% | 22,60% | 56,10% | 20,00% | 23,90% | −0,20% | 7,00% | −5,50% |