Table 3.

MS incidence stratified by age group and gender

Age group categories	Incidence per 100,000 by age group [95% CI]
	total	male	female
20–24	2.46 [2.42–2.50]	2.42 [2.37–2.47]	2.50 [2.41–2.59]
25–29	5.19 [5.15–5.23]	2.55 [2.50–2.60]	7.91 [7.82–8.00]
30–34	7.71 [7.67–7.75]	0.00 [0.00–0.00]	15.53 [15.44–15.62]
35–39	8.68 [8.64–8.72]	6.69 [6.64–6.74]	10.56 [10.48–10.64]
40–44	7.12 [7.09–7.15]	5.53 [5.49–5.57]	8.59 [8.52–8.66]
45–49	4.89 [4.86–4.92]	6.83 [6.79–6.87]	3.11 [3.04–3.18]
50–54	7.67 [7.64–7.70]	5.34 [5.30–5.38]	9.79 [9.72–9.84]
55–59	1.64 [1.61–1.67]	0.00 [0.00–0.00]	3.09 [3.02–3.16]
60–64	1.65 [1.62–1.68]	1.76 [1.72–1.80]	1.56 [1.49–1.63]
65–69	0.88 [0.85–0.91]	0.00 [0.00–0.00]	1.64 [1.57–1.71]
Total	8.52 [7.65–9. 40]	3.19 [3.18–3.20]	5.95 [5.93–5.97]

The highest value in each gender group is highlighted. CI, confidence interval.