An all-Ireland epidemiological study of MND, 2004-2005.
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.


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.
Donaghy
C
C
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK. donaghyla@hotmail.com
O'Toole
O
O
Sheehan
C
C
Kee
F
F
Hardiman
O
O
Patterson
V
V
D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017678:Sex Distribution