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 cross-country differences in mortality rates ranging, for example, from 279 per 100,000 population in 2013 in Finland (notable for its high mortality from dementia) to <5 in Malta and Latvia (Niu etal., Alzheimer's disease and other nervous system diseases were among the causes that contributed most to the 2015 decline in life expectancy seen across Europe and other high-income countries.