Figure 6

Responses of participants to the following statement: ‘Ageing is a major risk factor for dementia’. When asked whether ageing is a major risk factor for dementia, no significant difference was observed between the responses of the ethnic groups. At least 47.3 percent of Chinese, 55.3 percent of Malaysian, 56.0 percent of Indians, 20.0 percent of Caucasians, and 33.3 percent of Pakistanis agreed that ageing is a major risk factor for dementia, whereas 15.6 percent of Chinese, 23.1 percent of Malaysians, 17.2 percent of Indians, 80.0 percent of Caucasians, and 33.3 percent of Pakistanis disagreed.