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2012 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures
Alzheimer's Association.. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2012-01-01
Topic: Amyloid, tau and blood-test diagnosis
Over the coming decades, the aging of the baby boom generation is projected to result in an additional 10 million people with AD. Although the proportions of deaths due to other major causes of death have decreased in the last several years, the proportion due to AD has risen significantly.
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Alzheimer's Association. (2012). 2012 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2012.02.001
Vancouver
Alzheimer's Association. 2012 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2012.02.001. PMID: 22404854.
BibTeX
@article{study2012-22404854,
author = {{Alzheimer's Association}},
title = {{2012 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures}},
journal = {Alzheimer's \& dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.1016/j.jalz.2012.02.001},
pmid = {22404854},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2012.02.001}
}
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Key findings
- Over the coming decades, the aging of the baby boom generation is projected to result in an additional 10 million people with AD.
- Although the proportions of deaths due to other major causes of death have decreased in the last several years, the proportion due to AD has risen significantly.
Why it matters
This report projects that aging of the baby boom generation will add about 10 million people with Alzheimer's disease and notes that the proportion of deaths due to Alzheimer's disease has risen. It does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention.
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Study details
- Participants800,000
- Effect sizedecreased by 13%; increased by 66%
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 62/100
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 58 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 62 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 | 2012 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 4 / 4 | 800,000 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 981 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 5 / 5 | 61.3 citations a year over 16 year(s) since 2012 |
| Impact for its field and year | 6 / 6 | Cited 120.2× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 4 / 6 | Cited by 33 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 3 / 4 | Cited 53 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Laura Bleiler holds only 3 work(s), too few to judge a track record — 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 22404854) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 58 / 93 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 58 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 62 out of 100. |
| Total | 62 / 100 | — |
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