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2010 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures
Alzheimer's Association.. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2010-03-01
Topic: Amyloid, tau and blood-test diagnosis
Dramatic increases in the numbers of "oldest old" (aged 85 years and older) across all racial and ethnic groups will also significantly affect the numbers of people living with AD.
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Alzheimer's Association. (2010). 2010 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2010.01.009
Vancouver
Alzheimer's Association. 2010 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2010. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2010.01.009. PMID: 20298981.
BibTeX
@article{study2010-20298981,
author = {{Alzheimer's Association}},
title = {{2010 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures}},
journal = {Alzheimer's \& dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association},
year = {2010},
doi = {10.1016/j.jalz.2010.01.009},
pmid = {20298981},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2010.01.009}
}
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Key findings
- Dramatic increases in the numbers of "oldest old" (aged 85 years and older) across all racial and ethnic groups will also significantly affect the numbers of people living with AD.
Why it matters
This report projects that growing numbers of the oldest old will substantially increase the number of people living with Alzheimer's disease. It is a population estimate and does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention.
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Study details
- Participants200,000
- Effect size11.1%; 18.2%; 8.7%
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 60/100
Published in a leading specialty journal. Scored zero for study design and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 56 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 60 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 9 / 10 | Tier 2 — leading specialty journal (Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Alzheimer s & Dementia: journal h-index 228 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2010 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 4 / 4 | 200,000 participants |
| Effect reported | 2 / 3 | Effect reported as a number, without an interval or test |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 6 / 7 | Cited 688 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 4 / 5 | 38.2 citations a year over 18 year(s) since 2010 |
| Impact for its field and year | 6 / 6 | Cited 59.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 3 / 6 | Cited by 23 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 3 / 4 | Cited 55 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 20298981) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 56 / 93 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 56 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 60 out of 100. |
| Total | 60 / 100 | — |
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