Incidence and Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in Malmö, Southern Sweden

Table 1

Annual incidence 2001-2010 of multiple sclerosis in Malmö municipality per 100000 population by age and gender.

	Males		Females		Total
Age group	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
0–14	0	0	1	0.5	1	0.2
15–24	7	4.1	17	9.2	24	6.8
25–34	28	11.1	43	17.5	71	14.2
35–44	14	7.1	20	11.0	34	8.9
45–54	3	1.8	10	6.1	13	3.9
55–64	1	0.7	3	2	4	1.3
65–74	0	0	0	0	0	0
75-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	53	3.9	94	6.6	147	5.3
95% CI		2.9 to 5		5.3 to 8		4.5 to 6.2

CI: confidence interval.