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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants by site

From: Population normative data for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery from Latin America, India and China: a cross-sectional survey

Region

Latin America

China

India

Country

Cuba

DR

Peru

Venezuela

Mexico

    

Rural or urban site

Urban

Urban

Urban

Rural

Urban

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Total (n)

2,621

1,769

1,251

516

1,826

910

913

1,076

946

930

891

Age in years (MV)

7

0

1

0

23

1

0

0

0

4

0

   65 - 69 years %

28.2

29.0

29.2

33.5

44.1

26.7

32.2

28.7

39.9

42.9

34.8

   70 - 74 years %

28.3

27.3

27.3

25.8

24.9

34.4

26.2

32.5

30.1

32.1

34.9

   75 - 79 years %

22.3

19.5

21.9

18.2

17.8

20.2

22.1

21.9

19.3

14.6

17.7

   80+ years %

21.3

24.3

21.6

22.5

13.1

18.7

19.5

16.8

11.0

10.5

12.6

Females (MV)

0

2

0

0

60

0

0

0

0

15

0

   %

64.4

65.4

64.1

52.5

63.5

65.6

59.9

56.6

55.3

57.3

52.3

Education (MV)

8

19

8

8

63

0

0

0

0

2

0

   No education %

2.1

17.8

2.5

14.0

7.3

19.6

31.0

19.2

57.2

41.3

63.6

Some education

(did not complete primary) %

20.9

51.8

6.4

25.6

22.1

35.7

52.3

12.8

11.5

24.2

21.0

   Completed primary %

33.0

19.1

31.8

49.6

49.4

24.2

12.8

26.5

26.3

20.8

12.4

   Completed secondary %

26.0

7.1

36.1

6.6

14.3

10.4

2.4

29.4

4.4

9.1

2.8

   Completed tertiary %

17.9

3.7

22.8

3.1

5.0

10.1

1.5

12.1

0.5

4.4

0.2

  1. DR = Dominican Republic; MV = number of records with missing information on the variable in question.