Abstract

The incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, were investigated because the number of reported cases appeared to have increased. The point prevalence on November 1, 1979, was 75.7 per 100,000, and average annual incidence rates for the period 1960-1969 and 1970-1979 were 3.4 and 3.7 per 100,000, respectively. The rates of MS in Los Alamos County were greater than expected from previous epidemiologic surveys of North America. The unusual ethnic composition and high socioeconomic level of the population probably contributed to the increases.

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