Incidence and prevalence of some neurological conditions

(rates per 100,000)

Condition	Incidence: number of new cases per 100,000 that develop each year	Prevalence: total number of people per 100,000	Source
Alzheimer's disease/dementia	25,000 per 100,000 in over 65 year olds	1,000	Alzheimer's Society based on ONS population estimate 1996
CJD	per 100,000		Alzheimer's Society
vCJD	27 new cases in year 2000	101 cases since 1995	Alzheimer's Society
Headache	Migraine 400 per 100,000(1)	15,000 (8,000,000)	1. Steiner TJ et al Epidemiology of migraine in England.
	Cluster Headache 4 per 100,000 (2)	100	Cephalalgia 2. Olesen J, Goadsby PJ, Cluster Headache and related conditions in Olesen J (Ed) Frontiers in Headache Research Vol 9 OUP 1999
	Paroxysmal Hemicrania (3)	10	3. Goadsby PJ, Lipton RB. A review of paroxysmal hemicaranias Brain 1997; 120:193-209
	Chronic Migraine (4) Chronic tension- type headache (4)	3,000	4. Silberstein SD et al, Headaches in Primary Care Oxford/Isis Medical Media 1999
Headache Motor neurone disease		144 (85,000)	MS Society and MS Research Trust - estimates based on UK area studies and international data
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)		300 - 500	Dowsett E G, Richardson J The Epiemiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) in the UK 1919 - 1999 Evidence submitted to the All Party Parliamentary Group of MPs on ME 23.11.99
Parkinson's disease		200	Parkinson's Disease Society - advice from medical adviser

Last edited: 2/2/2004