rising trends in mortality from dementia and alzheimer s disease are seen in most eu countries possibly in part reflecting such changes these are also likely to explain the significant crosscountry differences in mortality rates ranging for example from per population in in finland notable for its high mortality from dementia to in malta and latvia niu etal alzheimers disease and other nervous system diseases were among the causes that contributed most to the decline in life expectancy seen across europe and other highincome countries