Table 5

Estimated numbers of incident and prevalent cases of MS in the UK population in 2010

	Population (thousands)	Incidence (/10⁵/year)	Incident cases	Prevalence (/10⁵)	Prevalent cases
Male
Under 10	3738.8	0.04	2	0.3	12
10–19	3838.0	0.41	16	2.4	92
20–29	4381.7	3.85	169	19.6	860
30–39	4044.4	7.25	293	88.8	3593
40–49	4543.6	9.34	425	166.5	7568
50–59	3723.4	10.12	377	248.6	9259
60–69	3252.2	8.21	267	287.0	9336
70–79	2054.2	7.20	148	183.9	3779
80–89	933.2	6.11	57	72.7	679
90 Plus	133.8	0.00	0	35.6	48
Total	30 643.3	5.72	1754	114.9	35 225
Female
Under 10	3566.0	0.09	3	0.2	10
10–19	3640.5	1.43	52	3.0	110
20–29	4177.9	11.62	486	58.4	2440
30–39	4048.8	20.41	827	274.0	11 095
40–49	4654.7	24.40	1136	470.2	21 887
50–59	3836.3	22.12	849	638.7	24 502
60–69	3443.1	14.70	506	597.0	20 555
70–79	2415.3	10.10	244	340.8	8232
80–89	1494.1	8.06	121	156.6	2341
90 Plus	342.3	7.62	26	79.1	271
Total	31 619.0	13.44	4250	289.2	91 444
Both sexes, all ages
UK	62 262.3	9.64	6003	203.4	126 669
England	52 233.9	9.08	4745	199.9	104 451
Wales	3006.3	7.92	238	168.0	5052
Scotland	5222.3	15.29	798	255.2	13 328
Northern Ireland	1799.8	12.25	221	213.2	3838