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Objectives: The paper focuses on providing new estimates of the number of people with dementia in Georgia.
Methods: No studies were identified from the systematic review of publications of dementia prevalence in Georgia through the PubMed database. Thus, the prevalence of dementia in Georgia was calculated by applying Alzheimer Europe prevalence rates to 2018 population number, published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Results: Applying the mean estimate of prevalence in combined EU and non-EU countries for 2018, dementia prevalence in Georgia would be 58 554. Using the estimates of particular European countries, showing congeniality with Georgia by several demographic factors (population, economic status, soviet legacy), the prevalence of dementia would be somewhere between 45 500 and 64 895.
Conclusions: Although there are several limitations to these estimates, the data provide useful information for planning and managing health and social care services, as well as raising public awareness and knowledge about dementia at a national level.
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