Incidence rates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in men and women for Puglia, south east Italy (1998 to 1999)
| Age (years) | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Cases | Rate | 95% CI | Population | Cases | Rate | 95% CI | |
| Among individuals over 18 years, the average incidence rate was 2.6 (95% CI, 2.1 to 3.2) in men and 1.5 (0.9 to 2.6) in women. | ||||||||
| CI, confidence interval; IR, incidence rate. | ||||||||
| 0 to 17 | 439 604 | 0 | 0 | – | 413 809 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18 to 24 | 215 316 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.03 to 0.49 | 206 887 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25 to 34 | 322 393 | 0 | 0 | – | 324 442 | 2 | 0.31 | 0.07 to 1.24 |
| 35 to 44 | 288 315 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.16 to 1.6 | 300 169 | 4 | 0.67 | 0.25 to 1.78 |
| 45 to 54 | 245 347 | 11 | 2.24 | 1.81 to 4.04 | 266 441 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.75 to 3.0 |
| 55 to 64 | 203 593 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.55 to 8.20 | 220 803 | 10 | 2.26 | 1.22 to 1.43 |
| 65 to 74 | 164 781 | 35 | 10.6 | 7.61 to 14.76 | 201 017 | 21 | 5.22 | 3.40 to 8.01 |
| 75 to 84 | 79 262 | 9 | 5.67 | 2.95 to 10.90 | 118 917 | 4 | 1.68 | 0.63 to 4.48 |
| 85+ | 22 282 | 0 | 0 | – | 44 230 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Crude IR | 1 989 893 | 81 | 2.1 | 1.69 to 2.61 | 2 096 715 | 49 | 1.17 | 0.88 to 1.57 |