Table 1.
Patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Croatia by sex and age groups
| Age group |
Male population | Female population | Total population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| patients |
PR* |
patients |
PR |
patients |
PR |
|
| 0-9 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.2 |
| 10-19 |
14 |
5.7 |
23 |
9.8 |
37 |
7.7 |
| 20-29 |
125 |
44.5 |
320 |
118.6 |
445 |
80.8 |
| 30-39 |
415 |
141.2 |
856 |
299.9 |
1271 |
219.4 |
| 40-49 |
480 |
162.1 |
1052 |
352.5 |
1532 |
257.7 |
| 50-59 |
370 |
118.7 |
1105 |
344.7 |
1475 |
233.3 |
| 60-69 |
256 |
117.9 |
758 |
294.3 |
1014 |
213.6 |
| 70-79 |
86 |
55.4 |
227 |
97.6 |
313 |
80.7 |
| 80 + |
20 |
38.9 |
52 |
44.4 |
72 |
42.7 |
| Total | 1766 | 85.5 | 4394 | 198.1 | 6160 | 143.8 |
*PR – prevalence rate per 100 000 population.
†Data on the number of inhabitants in particular sex and age groups (2011 Census) were retrieved from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics web-site (10).