How Common Is ALS/MND?
Once thought rare, ALS/MND is now fairly common. In terms of INCIDENCE (how often does it strike), a normal population produces about 2 new cases per 100,000 every year. (A 1995 Dalhousie University Study found in that there was a 2.03 per 100,000 population incidence in Nova Scotia.) -As ALS/MND is terminal and incurable, death rates are very close to incidence rates.- According to the United States National Institute of Health, some 5,000 people in the U.S. are newly diagnosed with ALS each year. (That’s about 13 new cases every day!
Once thought rare, ALS/MND is now fairly common. In terms of INCIDENCE (how often does it strike), a normal population produces about 2 new cases per 100,000 every year. (A 1995 Dalhousie University Study found in that there was a 2.03 per 100,000 population incidence in Nova Scotia.) -As ALS/MND is terminal and incurable, death rates are very close to incidence rates.- According to the United States National Institute of Health, some 5,000 people in the U.S. are newly diagnosed with ALS each year. (That’s about 13 new cases every day!
