“…Regardless of the limitations of the present study, which are inherent to its methodological design, the results reinforce the need for a national action plan against Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in Mexico, given that current statistics reflect a large and growing number of deaths from these causes, as well as of their prevalence, as pointed out by Gutiérrez-Robledo et al 5,6 The Mexico 2014 Alzheimer and Other Dementias Action Plan, which is the result of the consensus of multiple national experts, proposes mental health prevention and promotion strategies, assurance of access to quality health services, diagnosis and timely treatment for people affected by this disease, training of human specialized resources, promotion of respect for the human rights of people affected by this disease and their caregivers, an increase in research on this and other dementias, periodic evaluation of actions effectiveness and long-term care at last stages of the disease, 5.6 which at the moment of this report have been poorly diffused and have not been materialized in the national health system and which should have the prevention of therapeutic fierceness added, which is specially common in the geriatric population, and the motivations of which are complex. 19 It can be concluded that despite the recognized limitations of studies of this type, [7][8][9] where the death certificates that feed official statistics are considered to likely be rather unreliable, 4 the increasing mortality observed due to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is a public health problem in Mexico that requires immediate attention, ideally, through the implementation of the plan of action proposed in recent years. 5,6…”