Early onset dementia more common than previously reported – the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease seems to be on the rise
A new major study by the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Oulu and Neurocenter Finland explored early-onset dementia in the working-age population in Finland. The study cohort was one of the largest in the world to date, and the findings were published on 24[th] of July 2024 in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.Current epidemiological data on early-onset dementia is scarce and based on small study cohorts, with no recent data from Finland available. For the present study, researchers analysed patient data registries of Kuopio and Oulu
