Table 1

Mean annual age specific incidence (per 100000) of Guillain-Barré syndrome(GBS) (GBS NINCDS criteria, Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), and other GBS variants), for both sexes

Age (y)Population (both sexes)GBS NINCDS criteriaMFSOther GBS variants
nIncidence (95% CI)nIncidence (95% CI)nIncidence (95% CI)
0–927471040.7300
10–1941790320.2410.120
20–29584363100.8610.0920.17
30–3953884190.84010.09
40–4953131770.6630.2810.09
50–59537814121.1220.1930.28
60–69511947242.34030.29
⩾70512617191.85010.10
Total3909512871.11 (0.89–1.36)70.09 (0.04–0.18)110.14 (0.07–0.25)