Dennis Kaye, a Canadian ALS victim, wrote an inspirational book on his struggle: “Laugh? I Thought Id Die”.
What Is The Average Life Expectancy? This is between two and five years for the newly diagnosed person. Improved medical care is resulting in longer and more productive lives for people with ALS/MND. Twenty percent will live more than five years and up to 10% will survive more than ten years. 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!
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- Dennis Kaye, a Canadian ALS victim, wrote an inspirational book on his struggle: "Laugh? I Thought Id Die".
