World Alzheimer Report
On 21 September 2009, World Alzheimer's Day, ADI released the World Alzheimer Report 2009, which presents the new and more accurate global figures indicating the true scale of the dementia epidemic we are facing.
The report presents the most comprehensive global prevalence study of dementia to date and looks at levels of mortality, disability, strain on carers and dependency. The report also offers examples of good national dementia plans and information on health service responses. Importantly, the report also includes eight recommendations that will provide a global framework for action on dementia.
The World Alzheimer Report
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Executive Summary (PDF, 24 pages, 746KB)
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 (PDF, 96 pages, 1917KB)
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Executive Summary - German (PDF, 24 pages, 761KB)
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Executive Summary - Spanish (PDF, 24 pages, 755KB)
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Executive Summary - French (PDF, 24 pages, 758KB)
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Executive Summary - Japanese (PDF, 24 pages, 3006KB)
Additional materials
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Appendix 1 (List of Global Burden of Disease regions) (PDF, 3 pages, 25KB)
- World Alzheimer Report 2009 - Appendix 5 (List of studies included in and excluded from meta-analysis) (PDF, 17 pages, 143KB)
- News release (MS Word)
In the interests of transparency, and international scientific collaboration, all of the research documentation for the systematic review of global prevalence, including the data files with extracted study characteristics and prevalence data, will be made available. These files are being prepared for dissemination and will be available from this web page when they are ready.