One thing I and a couple of colleagues have found out through requesting numbers from GP surgeries using the FOI is that the figures currently quoted for people suffering from MS are significantly too low. From a sample of 800,000 patients in England and Scotland we discovered that 4 in every 1000 of UK population has an MS diagnosis from that we have extrapolated that the number of pwMS is likely to be in the order of 160,000 in the country, not 85 to 100,000 as currently quoted by MS websites.
The latest figures as of 20th of February 2020 are: MS estimated prevalence is 190 cases per 100,000 population, with 105,800 individuals in England
MS is more than twice as common in females than males, 272 versus 106 per 100,000 population
females in the 50 to 59 years age group are 3 times more likely than males of a similar age to have MS (578 and 184 per 100,000 population respectively)
highest prevalence for MS occurs in the 60 to 69 years age group for both sexes (females 598 and males 228 per 100,000 population)
75% of males and females with MS are aged between 40 and 74 years of age
MS estimated incidence of between 8 and 11 new cases diagnosed each year in England per 100,000 population
on average 4,950 new cases of MS are diagnosed each year in England
smoking rates among males with MS are likely to be higher than those in the general population
males and females with MS are more likely to be ex-smokers than males and females in the general population
Number of patients with MS in dataset (UK and country, sex, 2018)
Males Females Total
United Kingdom 28% 72% 6,946
England 28% 72% 2,370
Northern Ireland 30% 70% 684
Scotland 27% 73% 2,668
Wales 30% 70% 1,224
Source:
Gov.UkComment: This figure is going to rise exponentially following the Covid pandemic and vaccination programme.
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