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A projected 450,000 older Americans with AD will die in 2013, and a large proportion will die as a result of complications of AD.

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APA 7th

Alzheimer's Association. (2013). 2013 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2013.02.003

Vancouver

Alzheimer's Association. 2013 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2013. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2013.02.003. PMID: 23507120.

BibTeX

@article{study2013-23507120,
  author  = {{Alzheimer's Association}},
  title   = {{2013 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures}},
  journal = {Alzheimer's \& dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association},
  year    = {2013},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.jalz.2013.02.003},
  pmid    = {23507120},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2013.02.003}
}

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Key findings

A projected 450,000 older Americans with AD will die in 2013, and a large proportion will die as a result of complications of AD.

Why it matters

This report projects that 450,000 older Americans with Alzheimer's disease will die in 2013, many from complications of the disease. It provides mortality figures only and does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention.

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Study details

Participants200,000
Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 62/100

Published in a leading specialty journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported 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	2013 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	4 / 4	200,000 participants
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
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	7 / 7	Cited 3,331 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	5 / 5	222.1 citations a year over 15 year(s) since 2013
Impact for its field and year	6 / 6	Cited 234.8× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	4 / 6	Cited by 78 other studies in this library
Still being cited	4 / 4	Cited 488 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 23507120)
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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