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. 2013 Jun 12;13:58. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-58

Table 1.

Reported and rearranged data from MS incidence surveys presented in Figure3

Study
 
Men
Women
Both
First author Reference Age group Cases Person-years Rate Cases Person-years Rate Cases Person-years Rate
Debouverie 2007 [31]
0-14
0
3,070,347
0.00
7
2,911,480
0.24
7
5,981,827
0.12
15-24
59
2,191,949
2.69
213
2,072,309
10.28
272
4,264,258
6.38
25-34
154
2,236,211
6.89
445
2,199,900
20.23
599
4,436,111
13.50
35-44
151
2,262,937
6.67
339
2,249,492
15.07
490
4,512,429
10.86
45-54
93
1,827,995
5.09
137
1,782,369
7.69
230
3,610,364
6.37
55-64
21
1,458,543
1.44
32
1,542,168
2.08
53
3,000,711
1.77
65+
2
1,680,520
0.12
5
2,584,219
0.19
7
4,264,739
0.16
Guidetti 1995 [36]
0-14
0
449,088
0.00
0
428,838
0.00
0
877,926
0.00
15-24
12
437,867
2.74
20
424,286
4.71
32
862,153
3.71
25-34
7
429,913
1.63
25
425,059
5.88
32
854,972
3.74
35-44
9
420,283
2.14
16
419,570
3.81
25
839,853
2.98
45-54
1
407,265
0.25
11
409,216
2.69
12
816,481
1.47
55-64
0
384,447
0.00
2
416,345
0.48
2
800,792
0.25
65+
0
414,027
0.00
0
595,139
0.00
0
1,009,166
0.00
Alonso 2007 [48]
0-14
0
1,114,646
0.00
0
1,061,240
0.00
0
2,175,886
0.00
15-24
6
711,643
0.84
24
700,702
3.43
30
1,412,345
2.12
25-34
50
928,136
5.39
115
926,436
12.41
165
1,854,572
8.90
35-44
57
860,894
6.62
155
837,502
18.51
212
1,698,396
12.48
45-54
51
800,963
6.37
111
780,853
14.22
162
1,581,816
10.24
55-64
29
592,600
4.89
31
596,522
5.20
60
1,189,122
5.05
65+
5
754,786
0.66
8
1,078,718
0.74
13
1,833,504
0.71
Nicoletti 2005 [32]
0-14
2
297,120
0.67
1
281,850
0.35
3
578,970
0.52
15-24
10
251,490
3.98
19
246,740
7.70
29
498,230
5.82
25-34
22
237,360
9.27
34
240,670
14.13
56
478,030
11.71
35-44
12
205,920
5.83
25
226,150
11.05
37
432,070
8.56
45-54
7
177,620
3.94
17
203,130
8.37
24
380,750
6.30
55-64
3
158,980
1.89
3
193,760
1.55
6
352,740
1.70
65+
0
205,740
0.00
0
295,230
0.00
0
500,970
0.00
Joensen 2010 [40]
0-14
0
125,615
0.00
0
118,653
0.00
0
244,268
0.00
15-24
3
81,263
3.69
6
69,516
8.63
9
150,779
5.97
25-34
5
74,267
6.73
9
63,934
14.08
14
138,201
10.13
35-44
6
75,305
7.97
5
66,389
7.53
11
141,694
7.76
45-54
3
64,103
4.68
5
55,218
9.06
8
119,321
6.70
55-64
0
49,604
0.00
1
44,487
2.25
1
94,091
1.06
65+
0
59,298
0.00
1
71,896
1.39
1
131,194
0.76
Sundstrom 2003 [37]
0-14
1
255,257
0.40
1
244,079
0.40
2
499,336
0.40
15-24
5
175,802
2.90
14
169,431
8.40
19
345,233
5.60
25-34
18
179,111
10.00
32
166,142
19.20
50
345,253
14.40
35-44
16
182,644
8.70
23
171,520
13.40
39
354,164
10.90
45-54
7
163,908
4.20
12
157,093
7.50
19
321,001
5.90
55-64
0
126,402
0.00
4
131,128
3.10
4
257,530
1.60
65+
0
189,679
0.00
0
239,325
0.00
0
429,004
0.00
Granieri 2007 [34]
0-14
0
247,388
0.00
2
232,900
0.86
2
480,288
0.42
15-24
10
282,723
3.54
17
267,370
6.36
27
550,093
4.91
25-34
21
370,041
5.68
55
353,479
15.56
76
723,520
10.50
35-44
13
348,169
3.73
41
349,768
11.72
54
697,937
7.74
45-54
8
336,728
2.38
18
350,939
5.13
26
687,667
3.78
55-64
1
331,387
0.30
4
366,978
1.09
5
698,365
0.72
65+
0
443,139
0.00
2
656,512
0.30
2
1,099,651
0.18
Granieri 2008 [35]
0-14
0
31,856
0.00
0
28,859
0.00
0
60,708
0.00
15-24
2
25,489
7.85
4
24,735
16.17
6
50,196
11.95
25-34
3
35,513
8.45
11
40,625
27.08
14
76,022
18.42
35-44
0
32,290
0.00
5
33,221
15.05
5
65,509
7.63
45-54
2
27,336
7.32
2
27,582
7.25
4
54,887
7.29
55-64
1
22,396
4.47
2
22,356
8.95
3
44,736
6.71
65+
0
27,157
0.00
1
36,490
2.74
1
63,483
1.58
Nicoletti 2010 [10]
0-14
0
129,630
0.00
0
122,860
0.00
0
252,490
0.00
15-24
3
103,300
2.90
13
101,785
12.77
16
205,085
7.80
25-34
10
115,110
8.69
27
114,755
23.53
37
229,865
16.10
35-44
11
104,500
10.53
20
114,380
17.49
31
219,880
14.10
45-54
11
98,320
11.19
8
105,025
7.62
19
198,345
9.58
55-64
4
76,320
5.24
1
91,740
1.09
5
168,060
2.98
65+
0
111,475
0.00
0
167,980
0.00
0
275,855
0.00
Cabre 2009 [8]
0-14
1
1,388,049
0.07
2
1,351,144
0.15
3
2,739,193
0.11
15-24
6
848,215
0.71
17
837,479
2.03
23
1,685,694
1.36
25-34
8
808,481
0.99
35
926,145
3.78
43
1,734,626
2.48
35-44
7
814,933
0.86
30
931,847
3.22
37
1,746,780
2.12
45-54
2
608,781
0.33
18
699,425
2.57
20
1,308,206
1.53
55-64
1
447,677
0.22
2
511,278
0.39
3
958,955
0.31
  65+ 0 530,373 0.00 1 731,100 0.14 1 1,261,473 0.08