Incidence of AD in African-Americans, Caribbean Hispanics, and Caucasians in northern Manhattan
M.-X. Tang, PhD;,
P. Cross, Mphil;,
H. Andrews, PhD;,
D. M. Jacobs, PhD;,
S. Small, MD;,
K. Bell, MD;,
C. Merchant, MD;,
R. Lantigua, MD;,
R. Costa, MA;,
Y. Stern, PhD; and
R. Mayeux, MD, MSc
From the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimers Disease and the Aging Brain (Drs. Tang, Andrews, Jacobs, Small, Bell, Merchant, Lantigua, Stern, Mayeux, and R. Costa), the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center (Drs. Tang, Andrews, Jacobs, Small, Bell, Merchant, Stern, Mayeux, and R. Costa), and the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Jacobs, Small, Bell, Merchant, Stern, Mayeux, and R. Costa), Psychiatry (Drs. Stern and Mayeux), and Medicine (Dr. Lantigua), College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Divisions of Epidemiology (Dr. Mayeux), Biostatistics (Dr. Tang), and Sociomedical Sciences (Dr. Andrews), School of Public Health, Columbia University; and the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders Research Department (Dr. Cross), New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.

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Figure. Annual age-specific incidence rates for AD among African-American, Caribbean Hispanic, and white elderly Medicare recipients in northern Manhattan. Black bars = white individuals; white bars = African-American individuals; striped bars = Caribbean Hispanic individuals.
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