Alzheimer disease

Description

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.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode G6_ALZHEIMER
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: G30
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: G30
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10652
GWAS catalog 0000249
MESH D000544
SNOMED CT 142811000119104

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 2568 1512 1056
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.94 2.01 1.84
Mean age at first event (years) 78.69 79.26 77.87
Median number of events / individual 2 2 2

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 47.86 45.77 50.85
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 39.33 35.85 44.32

Associations