CauseFrequency (%)
Alzheimer’s disease50 to 60
Vascular disease15 to 20
Mixed dementia10 to 20
Other< 10
Diffuse Lewy-Body dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease)
Parkinson’s disease
Alcohol-related dementia
Huntington’s disease
Prion disease (Jacob-Creutzfeldt disease/slow virus)
Trauma (subdural hematoma)
Infections (syphilis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, opportunistic infections)
Encephalitis
Hypothyroidism
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Depression