07.01.02. What is the percentage of people with dementia that have received a diagnostic assessment? | Hong Kong SAR

07.01.02. What is the percentage of people with dementia that have received a diagnostic assessment? | Hong Kong SAR

22 Aug 2022

According to the findings of the prevalence study conducted by Department of Health and Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2005 (Elderly Commission, 2005), among the 70,000 community-living older people suffering from dementia, 89% of them are not known to any medical services, which means 11% of people with dementia have received a diagnostic assessment at that time. No more updated figures on the diagnostic rate are available.

References:

Elderly Commission. (2005). Prevalence of dementia in Hong Kong. Retrieved from https://www.elderlycommission.gov.hk/en/download/meeting/Study%20on%20Prevalence%20of%20dementia.pdf