title: [Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in the region of Szczecin: prevalence and incidence 1993-1995].
abstract: In the Province of Szczecin in the period 1993-1995 the incidence was 2.16 and the prevalence 55.32/100,000 on December 31 1995. Incidence and prevalence were higher in women (the difference was higher in Szczecin City) what was not connected with a significantly greater number of women in the population of the province. The study confirmed the presence in the southern part of the province of a focus with prevalence 110.54/100,000. The mean age at disease onset was 37.05 +/- 8.91. In women it was significantly higher than in men and it was nearly 10 years longer in relation to the mean age at onset in the years 1960-1984.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki i Katedry Neurologii, Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
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authors.lastname: Potemkowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution