TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival and mortality rates among Danes with MS
AU - Brønnum-Hansen, H
AU - Stenager, Egon
AU - Hansen, Thomas
AU - Koch-Henriksen, H
PY - 2006/5/1
Y1 - 2006/5/1
N2 - Long-term survival and trends in overall and cause-specific excess mortality among people with MS have been studied using the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry, which contains information about all Danish MS patients since the mid-20th Century. A total of 4254 deaths among approximately 10,000 people with MS, representing more than 200,000 person-years of observation, have been analysed. Overall, mortality was almost three times higher and life expectancy 10 years less among people with MS than for the general population. However, excess mortality has declined significantly since 1950.
AB - Long-term survival and trends in overall and cause-specific excess mortality among people with MS have been studied using the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry, which contains information about all Danish MS patients since the mid-20th Century. A total of 4254 deaths among approximately 10,000 people with MS, representing more than 200,000 person-years of observation, have been analysed. Overall, mortality was almost three times higher and life expectancy 10 years less among people with MS than for the general population. However, excess mortality has declined significantly since 1950.
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 16635423
SN - 1352-8963
VL - 13
SP - 66
EP - 71
JO - International MS Journal
JF - International MS Journal
IS - 2
ER -
