Alzheimer disease

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_ALZHEIMER
Long name Alzheimer disease
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: G30
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: G30
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Morbus Alzheimer

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 3899 2067 1832
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.80 1.68 1.95
Mean age at first event (years) 78.97 79.51 78.36
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 35.03 31.54 38.97

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2.0 2.0 2.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 44.04 42.53 45.74

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Alzheimer disease
after Alzheimer disease

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Alzheimer disease