BACKGROUND AND METHODS: We conducted an all-Ireland population-based prospective epidemiological survey of motor neurone disease (MND) using the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland MND registers to examine the incidence and prevalence of the disease over the period 2004-2005. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Incidence of MND was 1.9 per 100 000 person-years and rates were comparable in both the north and south of Ireland. Prevalence of MND was 5.0 per 100 000 population. When compared with previous published surveys of MND performed in the Republic of Ireland over the last 10 years, rates of disease have remained relatively constant. When standardized to the 1990 US population, the incidence of MND in Ireland was found to be consistent with other European prospective surveys of MND.
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: We conducted an all-Ireland population-based prospective epidemiological survey of motor neurone disease (MND) using the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland MND registers to examine the incidence and prevalence of the disease over the period 2004-2005. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Incidence of MND was 1.9 per 100 000 person-years and rates were comparable in both the north and south of Ireland. Prevalence of MND was 5.0 per 100 000 population. When compared with previous published surveys of MND performed in the Republic of Ireland over the last 10 years, rates of disease have remained relatively constant. When standardized to the 1990 US population, the incidence of MND in Ireland was found to be consistent with other European prospective surveys of MND.
Authors: Hiroshi Mitsumoto; Pam Factor-Litvak; Howard Andrews; Raymond R Goetz; Leslie Andrews; Judith G Rabkin; Martin McElhiney; Jeri Nieves; Regina M Santella; Jennifer Murphy; Jonathan Hupf; Jess Singleton; David Merle; Mary Kilty; Daragh Heitzman; Richard S Bedlack; Robert G Miller; Jonathan S Katz; Dallas Forshew; Richard J Barohn; Eric J Sorenson; Bjorn Oskarsson; J Americo M Fernandes Filho; Edward J Kasarskis; Catherine Lomen-Hoerth; Tahseen Mozaffar; Yvonne D Rollins; Sharon P Nations; Andrea J Swenson; Jeremy M Shefner; Jinsy A Andrews; Boguslawa A Koczon-Jaremko Journal: Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener Date: 2014-02-24 Impact factor: 4.092
Authors: A Chiò; G Logroscino; B J Traynor; J Collins; J C Simeone; L A Goldstein; L A White Journal: Neuroepidemiology Date: 2013-07-11 Impact factor: 3.282