title: [Multiple sclerosis in northwestern Switzerland].
abstract: From 1980 to 1987 an epidemiologic survey was conducted in northwestern Switzerland (population 523,000) with the aim of registering as many MS cases as possible. The prevalence for the entire region was 142 per 100,000, with a maximum of 164/100,000 in the city of Basle. Extrapolation suggests there are more than 8000 MS patients living in Switzerland. Other interesting results were: a sex-ratio of 2.2 females:1 male. The mean age at clinical onset was 31.6 years. The mean survival was 30.6 years. Prevalence has grown in recent decades, mainly due to longer survival and to changes in age structure. The incidence presumably remained unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Basel.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Groebke-Lorenz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balint
authors.forename: U P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Häner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Savary
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Werra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wüthrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Die Multiple Sklerose in der Nordwestschweiz.