Association of comorbidities and socioeconomic deprivation among people who died from dementia in England between 2013 and 2023: analysis of death certificates.
Objective To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidities of people who died from dementia between 2013 and 2023 in England. Methods We analysed death certificates reported in England from 2013 to 2023. We report the number, age, sex, country of origin and socioeconomic status of...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 6 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192513134&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192513134 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00020729 AGA jtl: Age & Ageing issn: 00020729 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2026 vid: 55 iid: 2 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 192513134 10.1093/ageing/afaf340 ppf: 1 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Association of comorbidities and socioeconomic deprivation among people who died from dementia in England between 2013 and 2023: analysis of death certificates. aug: au: Zabihi, Sedigheh Jackson, Michael Sampson, Elizabeth L Banerjee, Sube Kenten, Charlotte Cooper, Claudia affil: Queen Mary University of London, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, London, England, UKUK Department of Health & Social Care, Science, Research and Evidence Directorate, London, England, UK UK Department of Health & Social Care, National Dementia Intelligence, Chief Analyst Directorate, London, England, UK Queen Mary University of London, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing, London, England, UK University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nottingham, England, UK Queen Mary University of London, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, London, England, UK su: England Mortality Sex distribution Hypertension Causes of death Age distribution Influenza Retrospective studies Sociodemographic factors Social classes Social isolation Diabetes Diagnosis of dementia Pneumonia Myocardial ischemia Research funding Multiple regression analysis Descriptive statistics Death certificates Birthplaces Medical records Acquisition of data Dementia Tumors Comorbidity Dementia patients sug: subj: Mortality Sex distribution Hypertension Causes of death Age distribution Influenza Retrospective studies Sociodemographic factors Social classes Social isolation Diabetes England Diagnosis of dementia Pneumonia Myocardial ischemia Research funding Multiple regression analysis Descriptive statistics Death certificates Birthplaces Medical records Acquisition of data Dementia Tumors Comorbidity Dementia patients keyword: cause of death comorbidity copyrightHolder:British Geriatrics Society copyrightYear:2026 death certificates dementia end-of-life https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf340 inLanguage:en mortality older people publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41482962/ socioeconomic factors terminally ill cause of death comorbidity copyrightHolder:British Geriatrics Society copyrightYear:2026 death certificates dementia end-of-life https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf340 inLanguage:en mortality older people publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41482962/ socioeconomic factors terminally ill ab: Objective To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidities of people who died from dementia between 2013 and 2023 in England. Methods We analysed death certificates reported in England from 2013 to 2023. We report the number, age, sex, country of origin and socioeconomic status of people who died with a dementia diagnosis recorded (as a primary or contributory cause); the dementia subtype diagnoses and recorded comorbidities. We tested the hypothesis that number of comorbid disorders would be higher in more deprived areas. Results There were 987 719 certificates in this period that recorded dementia as a cause of death, of which 693 663 (70.2%) recorded dementia as the primary cause of death. In total, 62.2% (n = 614 419) of those who died from dementia were women, 65% (n = 643 026) were aged 85+, and most (846 584, 85.7%) were born in England. Fifteen percent (n = 149 447) of included death certificates recorded dementia as sole cause of death; others included up to 10 other contributory conditions (median = 1; IQR:1–2), of which influenza and pneumonia (183 203; 18.5%), ischaemic heart diseases (114 871; 11.6%), cancers (107 444; 10.8%), hypertensive diseases (99 517; 10%) and diabetes (98 517; 10%) were the most common. After controlling for age and sex, death certificates of people living in areas with higher deprivation included a higher number of comorbidities (β = −0.04, P < .001). Conclusions Policies to reduce inequities in dementia care need to account for the more complex health needs of people with dementia living in more deprived areas towards the end of life. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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