Prevalence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis--United States, 2015

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The National ALS Report on Prevalence of ALS in the US for 2015

Affiliates

Paul Mehta1; Wendy Kaye1; Jaime Raymond1; Reshma Punjani1; Theodore Larson1; Jessica Cohen1; 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 in the US for the period January 1-December 31, 2015. In 2015, the estimated prevalence of ALS cases was 5.2 cases per 100,000 people with a total of 16,583 cases identified. These findings are similar to the 2014 ALS prevalence estimates and case count.

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