Table 1

Admission rate for multiple sclerosis per 100 000 residents in the strategic health authorities of England

	Strategic health authority	Obs	Exp	Indirect rate per 100 000	95% CI
Rank	All England	56 681	56 681	16.4	16.2 to 16.5
1	Cumbria and Lancashire	2743	2239.5	20.1	19.3 to 20.8
2	North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	2304	1929.5	19.6	18.8 to 20.4
3	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	1926	1635.2	19.3	18.4 to 20.2
4	Trent	3578	3100.0	18.9	18.3 to 19.5
5	Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	2961	2582.5	18.8	18.1 to 19.5
6	Dorset and Somerset	1594	1443.4	18.1	17.2 to 19.0
7	Greater Manchester	3053	2817.8	17.7	17.1 to 18.4
8	Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	2724	2517.3	17.7	17.1 to 18.4
9	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	1925	1823.1	17.3	16.5 to 18.1
10	South West Peninsula	2026	1919.6	17.3	16.5 to 18.1
11	South Yorkshire	1534	1458.2	17.2	16.4 to 18.1
12	Kent and Medway	1893	1838.9	16.9	16.1 to 17.6
13	Shropshire and Staffordshire	1799	1763.3	16.7	15.9 to 17.5
14	Surrey and Sussex	3090	3034.5	16.7	16.1 to 17.3
15	County Durham and Tees Valley	1349	1335.8	16.5	15.7 to 17.4
16	Essex	1879	1893.4	16.2	15.5 to 17.0
17	Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire	1727	1802.9	15.7	15.0 to 16.4
18	Cheshire and Merseyside	2583	2737.5	15.5	14.9 to 16.1
19	West Yorkshire	2173	2316.9	15.4	14.7 to 16.0
20	South East London	1431	1614.1	14.5	13.8 to 15.3
21	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	1812	2060.9	14.4	13.7 to 15.1
22	Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	1539	1781.0	14.1	13.5 to 14.9
23	Birmingham and the Black Country	2136	2490.4	14.0	13.5 to 14.7
24	Thames Valley	1988	2372.6	13.7	13.1 to 14.3
25	North Central London	1058	1273.6	13.6	12.8 to 14.4
26	North East London	1280	1550.5	13.5	12.8 to 14.3
27	South West London	1118	1422.4	12.9	12.1 to 13.6
28	North West London	1458	1926.2	12.4	11.8 to 13.0

Data in rank order of admission rates.
Obs, observed number of people; Exp, expected number.