Review Article
Increased Female MS Incidence and Differences in Gender-Specific Risk in Medium- and High-Risk Regions in Finland from 1981–2010
Table 3
Incidence of MS during the three decades examined in Pirkanmaa, Seinäjoki, and Vaasa.
| | Period | 1981–1990 | 1991–2000 | 2001–2010 | | District | Inc/105 | 95% CI | N | Inc/105 | 95% CI | N | Inc/105 | 95% CI | N |
| | Pirkanmaa | | | | | | | | | | | Males | 3.0 | (2.2–3.8) | 48 | 4.1 | (3.1–5.1) | 70 | 5.1 | (4.1–6.1) | 92 | | Females | 7.1 | (5.8–8.4) | 119 | 8.8 | (7.4–10.2) | 149 | 11.5 | (9.9–13.1) | 206 | | Total | 5.1 | (4.3–5.9) | 167 | 6.5 | (5.4–7.4) | 219 | 8.2 | (7.3–9.1) | 298 | | Seinäjoki | | | | | | | | | | | Males | 5.0 | (3.5–6.5) | 44 | 10.5 | (8.2–12.8) | 83 | 8.6 | (6.5–10.7) | 66 | | Females | 9.2 | (7.2–11.2) | 79 | 20.3 | (17.1–23.5) | 154 | 21.0 | (17.7–24.3) | 152 | | Total | 7.1 | (5.8–8.4) | 123 | 15.3 | (13.4–17.2) | 237 | 14.7 | (12.7–16.7) | 218 | | Vaasa | | | | | | | | | | | Males | 4.1 | (2.5–5.7) | 25 | 7.4 | (6.3–8.5) | 46 | 6.0 | (4.6–7.4) | 38 | | Females | 7.4 | (5.2–9.6) | 45 | 16.0 | (14.4–17.6) | 96 | 17.6 | (14.2–21.0) | 105 | | Total | 5.7 | (4.4–7.1) | 70 | 11.7 | (10.7–12.7) | 142 | 11.7 | (9.8–13.6) | 143 |
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