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. 2020 Nov 2;78(2):1–12. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.4152

Table 2. Age-Standardized Incidence, Prevalence, Mortality, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Year (DALY) Rates (per 100 000 People), for Neurological Disorders in the US in 1990 and 2017 and the Percentage Change From 1990 to 2017.

Disease Incidence rates (95% UI) Prevalence (95% UI) Mortality rates (95% UI) DALY rates (95% UI)
1990 2017 Change, % 1990 2017 Change, % 1990 2017 Change, % 1990 2017 Change, %
Stroke 137.5 (127.9 to 147.6) 115 (106.5 to 125) −16.3 (−19.1 to −13.8) 1539.4 (1459 to 1623) 1537 (1461 to 1621) −0.2 (−3.8 to 3.3) 42 (41.4 to 42.9) 28.6 (27.6 to 29.5) −32.0 (−34.5 to −29.8) 910.4 (845.5 to 973.9) 691.9 (624.6 to 759.3) −24.0 (−26.9 to −21.3)
Alzheimer disease and other dementias 97.2 (85 to 111) 85.2 (77.8 to 93) −12.4 (−19.2 to −5.2) 542.7 (468.9 to 622.1) 470 (429.1 to 513.8) −13.4 (−20.6 to −5.1) 35 (34.5 to 35.4) 38.5 (37.7 to 39.2) 9.8 (7.3 to 12.2) 413.6 (389.2 to 439.7) 418.8 (398.8 to 439.1) 1.2 (−1.9 to 4.2)
Parkinson disease 10.5 (8.7 to 12.8) 12.9 (11.2 to 14.6) 21.9 (8.3 to 37) 83.5 (67.7 to 101.9) 97 (84.5 to 108.6) 16.2 (2.7 to 31) 3.7 (3.6 to 4.4) 4.9 (4 to 5.1) 33.1 (−4.6 to 41.7) 58.1 (53.4 to 67.9) 72.5 (61 to 78) 24.8 (−5.2 to 32.9)
Idiopathic epilepsy 40.6 (28.7 to 52.8) 47.6 (32.3 to 62.1) 17.4 (−6 to 45.1) 357.3 (252.4 to 469.5) 411.8 (290.2 to 540.5) 15.2 (−7.5 to 43.3) 0.6 (0.6 to 0.6) 0.5 (0.5 to 0.6) −2.7 (−7.8 to 1.5) 117.4 (76.9 to 172.7) 123.9 (75.1 to 187.5) 5.5 (−18.4 to 33.2)
Multiple sclerosis 2.9 (2.7 to 3.2) 3.3 (3.1 to 3.5) 13.2 (7.3 to 18.9) 85.1 (76.8 to 94.6) 97.6 (91.5 to 103.7) 14.7 (8.1 to 21.3) 0.6 (0.6 to 0.8) 0.8 (0.6 to 0.9) 32.8 (−20.1 to 56.1) 40.5 (33.7 to 47.7) 47.2 (39.3 to 54.7) 16.6 (−1.4 to 26.2)
Motor neuron disease 1.7 (1.6 to 1.8) 1.9 (1.8 to 2.1) 12.5 (9.8 to 15.3) 9 (8.1 to 10) 9.1 (8.4 to 9.8) 0.3 (−4.4 to 5.6) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.2) 1.6 (1.5 to 1.7) 38.3 (30 to 45.6) 35.5 (34.3 to 36.8) 42.9 (40.7 to 44.7) 20.9 (13.9 to 27.6)
Migraine 1696 (1544 to 1836) 1722 (1578 to 1865) 1.6 (−0.8 to 4.2) 19 902 (18 489 to 21 465) 20 188 (18 678 to 21 750) 1.4 (−0.8 to 4) NA NA NA 694.1 (443.6 to 1008) 704.8 (446 to 1020.5) 1.5 (−0.8 to 4)
Tension-type headache 12 965 (11 495 to 14 380) 13 014 (11 602 to 14 432) 0.4 (−2.1 to 2.9) 34 469 (31 156 to 38 223) 34 642 (31 341 to 38 113) 0.5 (−2 to 3.3) NA NA NA 96.5 (54.4 to 154.3) 96.6 (54.4 to 154.9) 0.1 (−1.5 to 1.9)
Traumatic brain injury 402 (339 to 482) 285 (238 to 341) −29.1 (−32.4to −25.8) 700 (668 to 731) 502 (478 to 525) −28.3 (−29.7 to −26.9) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Spinal cord injury 30 (24 to 37) 21 (16 to 26) −30.5 (−34.8 to −26.2) 879 (798 to 981) 541 (502 to 583) −38.5 (−43.1 to −34.0) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Brain and nervous system cancers 5.8 (5.1 to 6.3) 7.2 (6.6 to 8.2) 24.1 (12.4 to 41.4) 22.5 (20 to 24.8) 34.2 (31.7 to 40.1) 52.2 (36.7 to 76.5) 3.8 (3.3 to 4.1) 3.7 (3.3 to 4.1) −3.4 (−9.2 to 6.8) 131.2 (114.7 to 141.4) 119.9 (111.2 to 138) −8.6 (−15.5 to 5.4)
Meningitis 19.4 (17 to 22.4) 13.8 (12.2 to 15.6) −28.7 (−32.9 to −24.4) 41 (35.6 to 47.3) 22.7 (20 to 25.9) −44.8 (−47.3 to −42.3) 1.1 (0.9 to 1.2) 0.4 (0.4 to 0.5) −64.4 (−67.7 to −50.3) 64.9 (56.7 to 70) 21.5 (19.7 to 25.7) −66.9 (−70.1 to −55.9)
Encephalitis 5 (4.9 to 5.1) 5 (4.9 to 5.1) −0.1 (−0.7 to 0.6) 7.1 (4.2 to 11.1) 6.4 (3.9 to 9.8) −10.1 (−12 to −8.1) 0.2 (0.2 to 0.2) 0.2 (0.2 to 0.2) −20.6 (−24.9 to −1.7) 10.4 (9.2 to 11) 7.7 (7.2 to 9.5) −25.8 (−30.7 to −5.8)

Abbreviations: NA, not available; UI, uncertainty interval.