Comments on: Much Less Than Half a Chance? Part 1 http://chronopause.com/index.php/2012/04/02/much-less-than-half-a-chance-part-1/ A revolution in time. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: chronopause http://chronopause.com/index.php/2012/04/02/much-less-than-half-a-chance-part-1/#comment-4669 chronopause Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:40:39 +0000 http://chronopause.com/?p=1575#comment-4669 Ooops, no, you caught while I was still editing on-line. That number needed a ~ and a decimal point (now added). I apologize for the errors. I will probably find many more typos and (hopefully only) minor errors. No matter how many times I proof the text, I invariably find errors every time I read over it again. Since I am dysnumeric, I tend to reverse numbers, drop or misplace decimal places and even plug in completely erroneous numbers. I do check and recheck numbers, but the problem is I cannot see the errors.

So, I really do appreciate corrections!

One thing I would point out is that the ~3.2% number for BDDs included some cases of sudden, catastrophic brain CVD. For this preliminary version of the paper, I did not take the time to define the criteria I used for selecting that number, but I believe it is low, and should probably be revised upwards – I just don’t have the time to run that data to ground right now. Those data probably merit a separate breakout along with their inclusion criteria, although the absolute number is likely to be small compared to AD and the other “chronic degenerative” dementias. — Mike Darwin

]]> By: suu http://chronopause.com/index.php/2012/04/02/much-less-than-half-a-chance-part-1/#comment-4668 suu Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:58:30 +0000 http://chronopause.com/?p=1575#comment-4668 “Currently, the BDDs in aggregate account for ~32% of all deaths in the US (Figure 3).”

Do you actually mean that dementias account for 32.3% of all deaths in the USA? This seems in conflict with the referred source cdc.gov PDF.

The PDF says:
“The 15 leading causes of death in 2008 accounted for 81.0 percent of all deaths in the United States (Tables B and 9). Causes of death are ranked according to the number of deaths; for ranking procedures, see ‘‘Technical Notes.’’ By rank, the 15 leading causes in 2008 were:
1. Diseases of heart (heart disease)
2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
4. Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)
5. Accidents (unintentional injuries)
6. Alzheimer’s disease
[...]”

… With Alzheimer’s disease accounting for roughly half of all dementias (people alive with the diagnosis, not of deaths?), the above list would exceed already 90% if we take 15% for each.

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