Our findings suggest a high global dementia prevalence in LAC countries and an unequal burden of dementia for women, lower-educated, and rural residents. Studies with more recent data collection showed higher dementia prevalence. Participants without formal education presented more than double the prevalence of dementia (21.37%) compared to those with at least one year of formal education (9.88%). Also, dementia prevalence was higher for rural than urban residents (7.71% vs 8.68%, respectively). Further analyses with studies providing raw prevalence by sex, area, and educational level showed a higher prevalence for women (8.97%) than for men (7.26%). Pooled prevalence of all-cause dementia was 10.66%. Thirty-one studies from 17 LAC countries were included. We searched Pubmed, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Lilacs, and SciELO for studies on dementia in LAC countries published in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Thus, we sought to systematically analyse the prevalence of dementia and explore possible drivers that lead to this disparity in LAC countries. Studies have shown that the prevalence of dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) may be higher than in high-income countries.
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