People living with ALS in the United States, 2018 (National ALS Registry)

6.6 per 100,000

people per 10,000, US

“The Registry identified 21,655 cases of ALS in 2018, with an age-adjusted prevalence of 6.6 per 100,000 U.S. population.”

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 2023, Prevalence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the United States, 2018, 2023-08

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Registry or statistics office
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What to know
Registry count (21,655 cases); with capture-recapture correction the authors estimate 9.1 per 100,000. Source gives it per 100,000, recorded as 0.66 per 10,000.
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