Global Prevalence of Cognitive Disability in Older Adults

World Bank data provides the adjusted prevalence of cognitive disabilities among persons aged 65 or older, measured as a percentage of that population. The dataset is curated by the Disability Data Hub (DDH) and focuses on functional difficulty metrics for global health analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the 'adjusted prevalence' metric across different countries and years.
• Model the relationship between cognitive disability prevalence and other national health indicators.
• Benchmark country-level performance against global averages for the 'persons aged 65 or older' demographic.

Strengths

• Data sourced from the authoritative World Bank and Disability Data Hub.
• Focuses on a standardized metric for cross-country comparison.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Lacks granular sample data or underlying individual records for detailed analysis.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, curated by the Disability Data Hub (DDH).

Geography

Global, country-level coverage implied.