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Table 2 Frequencies of the types of dementia

From: Dementia subtypes, cognitive decline and survival among older adults attending a memory clinic in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective study

Dementia sub-type

n (%)

AD

117 (70.9)

VND

24 (14.6)

DLB

6 (3.6)

PDD

5 (3.0)

FTD

3 (1.8)

Mixed Dementia

4 (2.4)

AD + VND

3 (1.8)

AD + DLB

1 (0.6)

Others

6 (3.6)

Alcohol Related

2 (1.2)

Huntington's

1 (0.6)

Brain Tumour

1 (0.6)

HSV Encephalitis

1 (0.6)

Craniopharyngioma

1 (0.6)

  1. Abbreviations: n number, AD Major Neurocognitive Disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease, VND Major Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder; DLB Dementia with Lewy bodies; PDD Parkinson’s disease dementia, FTD Fronto-temporal dementia, HSV Herpes Simplex Virus
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BMC Geriatrics

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