Statistics: Number of people with dementia in Scotland 2010

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Approximately 71,000 people have dementia in Scotland in 2010. Around 2,300 of these people are under the age of 65. The numbers of people with dementia in Scotland are expected to rise to 127,000 by 2031.

Table 1: estimated number of people with dementia in Scotland in 2010 by local authority area
Local authority	Under 65	65+	Total
SCOTLAND	2328	68630	70958
Aberdeen City	91	2685	2776
Aberdeenshire	120	3191	3311
Angus	55	1739	1794
Argyll & Bute	46	1491	1537
Clackmannanshire	24	567	591
Dumfries & Galloway	75	2499	2574
Dundee City	59	2150	2209
East Ayrshire	56	1529	1585
East Dunbartonshire	49	1501	1550
East Lothian	44	1388	1432
East Renfrewshire	40	1299	1339
Edinburgh, City of	193	6022	6215
Eilean Siar	13	456	469
Falkirk	69	1849	1918
Fife	168	5113	5282
Glasgow City	224	6478	6702
Highland	109	3258	3367
Inverclyde	36	1137	1173
Midlothian	37	996	1033
Moray	41	1247	1288
North Ayrshire	64	1863	1927
North Lanarkshire	142	3582	3724
Orkney Islands	10	307	317
Perth & Kinross	70	2371	2441
Renfrewshire	76	2090	2166
Scottish Borders	56	1719	1775
Shetland Islands	10	307	317
South Ayrshire	54	1930	1984
South Lanarkshire	141	3966	4107
Stirling	40	1202	1241
West Dunbartonshire	40	1157	1197
West Lothian	75	1543	1618

How we calculate the number of people with dementia in Scotland

For the 30-89 age groups we used population projections for 2010 (2006 based) from the General Register Office for Scotland. For the 90+ age group we used population projections for 2010 (2006 based) from the Government Actuary's Department.

We applied two sets of prevalence rates to the population projections. The first are from the EuroCoDe ^[1] study for ages 60+ and from a study conducted by Harvey ^[2] for the under 60 age group. The second set of prevalence rates are from the Alzheimer Society's Dementia UK ^[3] report.

The numbers of people with dementia above represent the midpoint between these two sets of prevalence rates.

Table 2: prevalence rates of dementia (%) given by the EuroCoDe, Harvey and Dementia UK studies.
Age group	EuroCoDe Males (Under 60 Harvey)	EuroCoDe Females (Under 60 Harvey)	Dementia UK Males	Dementia UK Females
30-34	0.0672	0.0672	0.0089	0.0095
35-39	0.0672	0.0672	0.0063	0.0093
40-44	0.0672	0.0672	0.0081	0.0196
45-49	0.0672	0.0672	0.0318	0.0273
50-54	0.0672	0.0672	0.0627	0.0551
55-59	0.0672	0.0672	0.1795	0.0971
60-64	0.2	0.9	0.1989	0.118
65-69	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.0
70-74	3.2	3.8	3.1	2.4
75-79	7.0	7.6	5.1	6.5
80-84	14.5	16.4	10.2	13.3
85-89	20.9	28.5	16.7	22.2
90-94	29.2	44.4	27.5	29.6
95-99	32.4	48.8	30.0	34.4
100+	32.4	48.8	30.0	34.4

Contact

For more information please contact Lindsay Kinnaird
Email: lkinnaird@alzscot.org
Phone: 0131 243 1453

[1] Alzheimer Europe (2009) EuroCoDe: prevalence of dementia in Europe Alzheimer Europe - Consensual Prevalence Rates

[2] Harvey R (1998) Young onset dementia: epidemiology, clinical symptoms, family burden, support and outcome Imperial College London

[3] Consensus prevalence rates of dementia from Alzheimer Society (2007) Dementia UK. A report to the Alzheimer's Society on the prevalence and economic cost of dementia in the UK produced by King's College London and London School of Economics.

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