Rising prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Saudi Arabia, a descriptive study

BMC Neurology

Table 2 Prevalence of MS among Saudi Nationals

Regions	Saudi nationals	MS patients from 20 hospital (Saudi Nationals)	Prevalence/ 100,000 population	Projected prevalence/100000 population
Western Region	5,892,821	931	15.8	67.7
Central Region	5,667,865	833	14.7	75.6
Eastern Region	5,892,821	371	7.6	64.9
Southern Region	3,777,879	173	3.6	20.7
Northern Region^*	1,929,435	107	5.5	44.0
Total “2017”	20,408,362	2415	11.8	61.95

* Patients in the northern region were referred to facilities in other regions. For calculating projected prevalence for northern region we assumed 107 Saudi patients were referred from a single hospital of the northern region to hospitals in other regions

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