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TAKEDA, Masatoshi
KAWAMURA, Akiyo
KONO, Ryohei
OHGOMORI, Tomohiro
HIDA, Mitsumasa
OKADA, Morihiro
UTSUNOMIYA, Hirotoshi
TAKEI, Maki
SAKAI, Keiko
NAKAMURA, Misa
NAKAMATSU, Shunsuke
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内容記述 |
Background: Japan’s centenarian population reached 99,763 in 2025 and is projected to reach 160,000 by 2040. This rapid increase is reportedly
strongly correlated with a rise in dementia. To investigate lifestyles correlated with dementia, we examined the regional distribution of patients with
dementia, centenarians, and senior citizens (≤ 65 years) by prefecture.
Methods: We used regional data of life style from TodoRan data base which include data of 47 prefectures in Japan. We then compared the correlation
coefficient of each life style item with the distribution of dementia patients in each prefecture.
Results: We identified eight items that showed a positive correlation with dementia and 10 items that showed a negative correlation with dementia.
Positively correlated items were: the number of athletic fields (0.576), the number of nursery schools (0.560), the number of bowling alleys (0.543), the
number of single-parent households (0.515), the ratio of older wives (0.494), the number of churches (0.482), the number of sumo arenas (0.432), and the ratio of local pride in one’s hometown (0.420). Conversely, negatively correlated items were: visitors to amusement parks, zoos, and aquariums (-0.797), domestic travelers (-0.743), sports participants (-0.699), day-trip travelers (-0.697), black tea consumption (-0.687), book reading population (-0.685), age at first marriage for men (-0.542), coffee shop spending (-0.541), number of library users (-0.483), and age at first marriage for women (-0.436). These factors were examined regarding the regional distribution of patients with dementia.
Conclusion: A decrease in patients with dementia may be associated with visits to amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, travelling domestically, taking day trips, engaging in sports, reading, and using the library. |
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