Table 2

Incidence rates of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VD), and dementia with parkinsonism (DP) according to the occupational category

Occupational category		py^2-150		Dementia			AD			VD		DP
Occupational category		py^2-150		n	% py^2-150		n	% py^2-150		n	% py^2-150	n	% py^2-150
Housewives/inactives	1803	44	2.44		29	1.61	11	0.61	4	0.22
Farmers	2741	78	2.85		40	1.46	28	1.02	10	0.36
Domestic service employees	1612	41	2.54		25	1.55	15	0.93	1	0.06
Blue collar workers	2967	69	2.33		48	1.62	16	0.54	3	0.10
Other employees	5183	90	1.74		63	1.22	22	0.42	5	0.096
Craftsmen/shopkeepers	2666	50	1.88		31	1.16	14	0.53	4	0.15
Professionals/ managerials	1960	21	1.07		15	0.77	6	0.31	0	0.00
Total	18932	393	2.08		251	1.33	112	0.59	27	0.14

↵2-150 py=Person-years.