Prevalence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- United States, 2014

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The National ALS Report on Prevalence of ALS in the US for 2014

Affiliates

Paul Mehta1; Wendy Kaye1; Jaime Raymond1; Ruoming Wu1, Theodore Larson1, Reshma Punjani1; Daniel Heller1, Jessica Cohen1, Tracy Peters1, Oleg Muravov1; Kevin Horton1

  1. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology and Human Health Services

Journal

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Summary

This report presents National ALS Registry findings regarding ALS prevalence for the period January 1-December 31, 2014. This also includes Medicare hospice data and ALS prevalence rates by Census region. ALS prevalence did not change from 2013, remaining at 5.0 cases per 100,000 persons in 2014. The establishment of the National ALS Registry and the National ALS Biorepository fills and important scientific gap by providing estimates of prevalence of the disease and facilitates further study of risk factors and etiology.

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