# Dementia India — Open Health Data Platform

> Free, open-access epidemiological intelligence and health systems data platform for dementia and Alzheimer's disease across Indian states and Union Territories.

## Overview
Dementia India synthesizes subnational epidemiological benchmarks from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI Wave 1), Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2021), and ARDSI dementia registries. It provides state-wise prevalence figures, specialist deficit analyses, cognitive care clinic registries, and caregiver support directories.

## Core Navigation & Endpoints
- [India Overview](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/): Interactive epidemiological dashboard with state choropleth map, age-onset gradient, and demographic disparities.
- [Specialist Deserts](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/specialist-deserts): State-wise neurologist availability, cognitive subspecialist counts, and patient-to-neurologist clinical burden.
- [Care Network Directory](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/care-network): Searchable directory of verified memory clinics, ARDSI chapters, day-care centers, and emergency elder helplines across Indian states.
- [Family Guide](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/family-guide): Clinical roadmap, early warning signs, behavioral symptom navigation, and daily caregiver strategies.
- [Advance Planning](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/advance-planning): Legal preparation, Advance Medical Directives (living wills), and power of attorney frameworks under Indian law.
- [Brain Health](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/brain-health): Lancet Commission modifiable risk factors, cognitive reserve, and evidence-based prevention.
- [Health Spending](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/health-spending): Union budget health allocations, National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) fund utilization, and state spending disparities.
- [Global View](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/global-view): Cross-national comparisons, WHO Western Pacific/SEARO regional burdens, and 2050 epidemiological forecasts.
- [Research Hub](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/research): Indian clinical studies, biomarker advances, and clinical trial landscape.
- [About & Methodology](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/about): Data sources, analytical methodology, citations, limitations, and platform governance.

## Public Data Feeds (Machine-Readable)
- [State Prevalence Dataset (CSV)](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/data/india-states.csv): Disaggregated state-level prevalence rates by sex, urban/rural residence, age cohort, and education.
- [India Boundary GeoJSON](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/india-states.geojson): Topologically accurate GeoJSON of 36 Indian States & Union Territories.
- [Headline Metrics (CSV)](https://dementia.cyrilsebastian.com/data/summary-stats.csv): Summary indicators including national caseloads, neurologist ratio, and diagnostic gaps.

## Emergency Helpline
- National Senior Citizen Helpline (Elderline): 14567 (Toll-free across India, 8 AM - 8 PM).