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Causes of death and health conditions · Mental and nervous system

Alzheimer's disease deaths in the UK

The Office for National Statistics recorded 29,891 deaths in England and Wales in 2025 where the underlying cause was Alzheimer disease (ICD-10 G30). That was 3,592 more than in 2024 (26,299). It is the highest yearly figure since 2001.

England and Wales, 2025
29,891
deaths registered · ONS
Age-standardised rate, 2025
47.2
per 100,000 people · ONS
Scotland, 2024
2,901
deaths registered · NRS
Northern Ireland, 2024
731
deaths registered · NISRA

Deaths each year in England and Wales

29,8914,583 2001 2025
Deaths registered in England and Wales from Alzheimer disease, 2001 to 2025. Office for National Statistics.

Taking account of the population's size and age, the ONS age-standardised death rate was 47.2 per 100,000 people in 2025, 147.1% higher than in 2013 (19.1). For men it was 40.8 and for women 51.4.

In 2025, 10,379 of the deaths were of men and 19,512 of women.

Alzheimer's disease, G30: deaths registered in England and Wales; rate per 100,000 from 2013.
YearAllMenWomenAge-standardised rate
202529,89110,37919,51247.2
202426,2998,97817,32142.7
202324,5228,20016,32240.8
202223,4747,79015,68439.7
202121,4957,08114,41437.2
202023,6577,74115,91641.5
201920,4006,94913,45136.0
201819,8646,36913,49535.9
201717,9845,73412,25032.9
201615,7955,09210,70329.3
201514,3234,5559,76827.0
201411,2983,5957,70321.5
20139,7873,1536,63419.1
20128,8592,7736,086–
20117,5052,3835,122–
20106,7572,1224,635–
20096,1941,9304,264–
20086,2311,9974,234–
20075,6971,7913,906–
20064,9011,5013,400–
20054,9111,5303,381–
20044,8091,5033,306–
20035,0521,4893,563–
20024,7921,4943,298–
20014,5831,3893,194–

Age at death

Of the 29,891 deaths in 2025 with an age recorded, 94.8% were of people aged 75 or over; the largest number, 19,804, was in the 85 and over age group.

Deaths by age at death, England and Wales.
Age2025: all2025: men2025: women2001: all
Under 150000
15 to 442020
45 to 6419982117102
65 to 741,340577763458
75 to 848,5463,4085,1381,743
85 and over19,8046,31213,4922,280

Scotland

National Records of Scotland recorded 2,901 deaths from this cause in 2024 (966 men, 1,935 women). In 2011 the figure was 917.

Deaths registered in Scotland. National Records of Scotland, vital events reference tables, table 6.01.
YearAllMenWomen
20242,9019661,935
20232,7829661,816
20222,6528201,832
20212,4977661,731
20202,5387751,763
20192,4997981,701
20182,4017431,658
20172,3887241,664
20161,9636041,359
20151,7765321,244
20141,339423916
20131,196338858
20121,155312843
2011917292625

Northern Ireland

NISRA's Registrar General figures give 731 deaths from this cause registered in Northern Ireland in 2024, against 409 in 2014.

Deaths registered in Northern Ireland. NISRA, Registrar General Annual Report, table 6.4b.
YearAllMenWomen
2024731225506
2023662207455
2022687207480
2021663180483
2020659178481
2019629187442
2018642207435
2017583172411
2016516139377
2015493141352
2014409102307

How the figures are defined

Each death is counted once, under its underlying cause: the disease or injury that started the chain of events leading to death, as certified by a doctor or coroner and coded by the ONS to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This page uses the ONS grouping “Alzheimer disease”, codes G30. Other conditions mentioned on a death certificate are not counted here.

How deaths are registered and counted, how the age-standardised rate works and where the ONS series has breaks is set out under how these figures are compiled.

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Sources and receipts

ONS mortality extracts for codes G30, with SHA-256 fingerprints; the ONS, NRS and NISRA workbooks are listed with the other sources.

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