Table 2. Morbidity, mortality, and other variables concerning prion diseases in Japan, by prefecture.
| Populationa (thousands) |
Number of newly diagnosed patients | Number of newly diagnosed patients (1999–2011)b |
Crude incidence rate (per million population/year) |
Standardized morbidity ratio (95% CI) |
Number of fatal patients (1999–2012) |
Crude mortality rate (per million population/year) |
Standardized mortality ratio (95% CI) |
|
| Total | 127 768 | 2026 | 1814 | 1.09 | 2334 | 1.30 | ||
| Hokkaido | 5628 | 138 | 124 | 1.69 | 1.47 (1.23–1.76) | 106 | 1.35 | 0.97 (0.80–1.18) |
| Aomori | 1437 | 19 | 16 | 0.86 | 0.72 (0.41–1.16) | 20 | 0.99 | 0.69 (0.42–1.07) |
| Iwate | 1385 | 19 | 19 | 1.06 | 0.85 (0.51–1.35) | 22 | 1.13 | 0.75 (0.47–1.14) |
| Miyagi | 2360 | 44 | 43 | 1.40 | 1.31 (0.95–1.77) | 43 | 1.30 | 1.01 (0.73–1.37) |
| Akita | 1146 | 28 | 28 | 1.88 | 1.40 (0.93–2.03) | 32 | 2.00 | 1.22 (0.84–1.72) |
| Yamagata | 1216 | 20 | 20 | 1.26 | 1.00 (0.61–1.54) | 18 | 1.06 | 0.69 (0.41–1.09) |
| Fukushima | 2091 | 38 | 35 | 1.29 | 1.10 (0.77–1.53) | 36 | 1.23 | 0.87 (0.61–1.20) |
| Ibaraki | 2975 | 18 | 15 | 0.39 | 0.36 (0.20–0.59) | 35 | 0.84 | 0.66 (0.46–0.91) |
| Tochigi | 2017 | 16 | 10 | 0.38 | 0.36 (0.17–0.66) | 40 | 1.42 | 1.11 (0.79–1.51) |
| Gunma | 2024 | 41 | 39 | 1.48 | 1.33 (0.95–1.82) | 36 | 1.27 | 0.95 (0.67–1.32) |
| Saitama | 7054 | 67 | 60 | 0.65 | 0.66 (0.50–0.85) | 119 | 1.20 | 1.04 (0.86–1.24) |
| Chiba | 6056 | 97 | 85 | 1.08 | 1.05 (0.84–1.30) | 100 | 1.18 | 0.97 (0.79–1.19) |
| Tokyo | 12 577 | 166 | 149 | 0.91 | 0.90 (0.76–1.06) | 228 | 1.29 | 1.08 (0.94–1.23) |
| Kanagawa | 8792 | 154 | 134 | 1.17 | 1.19 (1.00–1.42) | 153 | 1.24 | 1.07 (0.91–1.26) |
| Niigata | 2431 | 51 | 49 | 1.55 | 1.28 (0.94–1.68) | 53 | 1.56 | 1.06 (0.79–1.39) |
| Toyama | 1112 | 12 | 10 | 0.69 | 0.57 (0.27–1.05) | 18 | 1.16 | 0.79 (0.47–1.25) |
| Ishikawa | 1174 | 38 | 35 | 2.29 | 2.05 (1.43–2.84) | 22 | 1.34 | 1.00 (0.63–1.51) |
| Fukui | 822 | 7 | 6 | 0.56 | 0.48 (0.18–1.05) | 7 | 0.61 | 0.43 (0.17–0.89) |
| Yamanashi | 885 | 26 | 23 | 2.00 | 1.77 (1.12–2.65) | 32 | 2.58 | 1.90 (1.30–2.68) |
| Nagano | 2196 | 21 | 19 | 0.67 | 0.55 (0.33–0.86) | 47 | 1.53 | 1.04 (0.77–1.39) |
| Gifu | 2107 | 38 | 32 | 1.17 | 1.04 (0.71–1.46) | 38 | 1.29 | 0.95 (0.68–1.31) |
| Shizuoka | 3792 | 71 | 67 | 1.36 | 1.22 (0.95–1.55) | 86 | 1.62 | 1.21 (0.97–1.51) |
| Aichi | 7255 | 104 | 94 | 1.00 | 1.01 (0.82–1.23) | 121 | 1.19 | 1.02 (0.85–1.22) |
| Mie | 1867 | 35 | 34 | 1.40 | 1.23 (0.85–1.72) | 41 | 1.57 | 1.15 (0.82–1.56) |
| Shiga | 1380 | 6 | 5 | 0.28 | 0.28 (0.09–0.65) | 24 | 1.24 | 1.04 (0.67–1.55) |
| Kyoto | 2648 | 16 | 14 | 0.41 | 0.37 (0.20–0.63) | 40 | 1.08 | 0.83 (0.59–1.13) |
| Osaka | 8817 | 109 | 101 | 0.88 | 0.84 (0.68–1.02) | 145 | 1.17 | 0.94 (0.80–1.11) |
| Hyogo | 5591 | 61 | 54 | 0.74 | 0.68 (0.51–0.89) | 112 | 1.43 | 1.10 (0.91–1.33) |
| Nara | 1421 | 8 | 7 | 0.38 | 0.34 (0.14–0.70) | 22 | 1.11 | 0.84 (0.53–1.27) |
| Wakayama | 1036 | 6 | 6 | 0.45 | 0.36 (0.13–0.78) | 14 | 0.97 | 0.65 (0.35–1.09) |
| Tottori | 607 | 6 | 4 | 0.51 | 0.42 (0.11–1.07) | 3 | 0.35 | 0.24 (0.05–0.70) |
| Shimane | 742 | 23 | 21 | 2.18 | 1.66 (1.02–2.53) | 28 | 2.69 | 1.68 (1.12–2.43) |
| Okayama | 1957 | 32 | 30 | 1.18 | 1.01 (0.68–1.45) | 28 | 1.02 | 0.73 (0.49–1.06) |
| Hiroshima | 2877 | 46 | 41 | 1.10 | 0.98 (0.70–1.33) | 51 | 1.27 | 0.95 (0.71–1.24) |
| Yamaguchi | 1493 | 35 | 32 | 1.65 | 1.29 (0.88–1.82) | 42 | 2.01 | 1.30 (0.94–1.76) |
| Tokushima | 810 | 16 | 13 | 1.23 | 1.00 (0.53–1.70) | 9 | 0.79 | 0.53 (0.26–1.01) |
| Kagawa | 1012 | 16 | 14 | 1.06 | 0.89 (0.48–1.49) | 20 | 1.41 | 0.98 (0.60–1.51) |
| Ehime | 1468 | 26 | 25 | 1.31 | 1.07 (0.69–1.58) | 28 | 1.36 | 0.92 (0.61–1.33) |
| Kochi | 796 | 28 | 28 | 2.70 | 2.10 (1.39–3.04) | 23 | 2.06 | 1.32 (0.83–1.97) |
| Fukuoka | 5050 | 120 | 111 | 1.69 | 1.57 (1.30–1.90) | 93 | 1.32 | 1.03 (0.83–1.26) |
| Saga | 866 | 29 | 28 | 2.49 | 2.15 (1.43–3.12) | 19 | 1.57 | 1.12 (0.68–1.75) |
| Nagasaki | 1479 | 27 | 25 | 1.30 | 1.08 (0.70–1.60) | 34 | 1.64 | 1.13 (0.78–1.59) |
| Kumamoto | 1842 | 20 | 17 | 0.71 | 0.60 (0.35–0.95) | 42 | 1.63 | 1.13 (0.81–1.52) |
| Oita | 1210 | 27 | 26 | 1.65 | 1.34 (0.87–1.96) | 26 | 1.54 | 1.02 (0.67–1.51) |
| Miyazaki | 1153 | 14 | 13 | 0.87 | 0.72 (0.38–1.23) | 22 | 1.36 | 0.94 (0.59–1.42) |
| Kagoshima | 1753 | 32 | 29 | 1.27 | 1.04 (0.70–1.50) | 39 | 1.59 | 1.07 (0.76–1.46) |
| Okinawa | 1362 | 25 | 24 | 1.36 | 1.55 (1.00–2.32) | 16 | 0.84 | 0.81 (0.47–1.32) |
| Unknown | 30 | 1 | ||||||
CI, confidence interval.
aData from 2005 Census.
bPatients whose address was unknown were excluded.