Table 2.

Prevalence of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease by age and sex

	Total population (n)	Number of cases (%)	Prevalence per 100 000	95% CI
Boys and men
0–14 years	151 839	19 (16.0)	12.5	(7.8 to 20.0)
15–34 years	200 958	32 (26.9)	15.9	(11.1 to 22.8)
35–49 years	143 652	19 (16.0)	13.2	(8.2 to 21.1)
50–64 years	116 796	29 (24.4)	24.8	(16.9 to 36.2)
≥65 years	74 244	20 (16.8)	26.9	(16.9 to 42.4)
Total	687 492	119 (100.0)	17.3	(14.4 to 20.8)
Standardised	–	–	16.6	(10.9 to 25.2)
Girls and women
0–14 years	144 516	8 (6.8)	5.5	(2.6 to 11.4)
15–34 years	208 659	27 (23.1)	12.9	(8.7 to 19.1)
35–49 years	160 485	29 (24.8)	18.1	(12.3 to 26.3)
50–64 years	125 284	32 (27.4)	25.5	(17.8 to 36.5)
≥65 years	88 905	21 (18.0)	23.6	(15.0 to 36.8)
Total	728 058	117 (100.0)	16.1	(13.4 to 19.3)
Standardised	–	–	14.6	(9.6 to 22.4)
Total sample
0–14 years	296 358	27 (11.4)	9.1	(6.1 to 13.5)
15–34 years	409 620	59 (25.0)	14.4	(11.1 to 18.1)
35–49 years	304 134	48 (20.3)	15.8	(11.8 to 21.1)
50–64 years	242 280	61 (25.9)	25.2	(19.4 to 32.6)
≥65 years	163 152	41 (17.4)	25.1	(18.3 to 34.4)
Total	1 415 550	236 (100.0)	16.7	(14.6 to 19.0)
Standardised*	–	–	15.6	(11.6 to 21.0)

*Standardised to the WHO standard population.