Alzheimer’s disease, wide definition

Alzheimer's disease: A progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function such as memory and language.

Endpoint definition

Name G6_AD_WIDE
Long name Alzheimer’s disease, wide definition
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: G30, ICD-8: 29010
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: G30, ICD-8: 29010
KELA reimboursements codes 307
KELA reimbursements ICD-10: G30
Medicine purchases: ATC codes N06D
Include F5_ALZHDEMENT
First defined in version DF3

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 5918 3056 2862
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 2.73 2.49 3.04
Mean age at first event (years) 77.81 78.42 77.17
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 24.18 21.14 27.43

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 9.0 9.0 8.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 84.85 85.07 84.63

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Alzheimer’s disease, wide definition
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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Alzheimer’s disease, wide definition