Incidence of diagnosed CFS/ME in Norway, 2008 to 2012

25.8 per 100,000 person years

new cases per 10,000 person-years, Norway

“The overall incidence rate was 25.8 per 100,000 person years (95% confidence interval (CI): 25.2 to 26.5).”

Bakken et al., Two age peaks in the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a population-based registry study from Norway 2008-2012 (BMC Medicine 2014), abstract, 2014-10

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Registry or statistics office
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2026-11-06
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Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
What to know
Diagnoses recorded in the Norwegian Patient Register (specialist care), so it counts diagnosed cases only. No worldwide ME/CFS incidence is published.
Arithmetic
25.8 per 100,000 is 2.58 per 10,000 (divided by 10).
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