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. 2014 Feb 16;2014:124578. doi: 10.1155/2014/124578

(b) Proposed global MS prevalence scale

Classification Prevalence rate (per 100,000) Countries
Very high 170–350 Canada, Sweden (Varmland), Finland (Seinäjoki and Vaasa), Scotland, and most of Ireland

High 70–170 Most of United States, Norway, Sweden (Västerbotten), Denmark, Finland (Uusimaa), Iceland, England, Ireland (Wexford), Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, and Netherlands

Medium 38–70 Southern United States, Russia, most Australia, New Zealand (south), Faroe Islands, Poland, Estonia, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Belarus, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Portugal, and Ukraine

Low 13–38 Australia (Queensland), New Zealand (north), Kazakhstan, Romania, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Martinique, Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, Bahrain, Barbados, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Slovakia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay

Very low 0–13 Japan, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Kuwait, Panama, Colombia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Iraq, Malawi, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Benin, and Senegal