Range of published narcolepsy incidence estimates
from 0.06 to 6.56 per 100,000 person-years
new cases per 10,000 person-years, worldwide
“The estimates of incidence and prevalence were wide-ranging with high heterogeneity (incidence I2 = 99.8%; prevalence I2 = 99.7%), from 0.06 to 6.56 per 100,000 person-years for incidence and from 1.05 to 79.40 per 100,000 population for prevalence, respectively.”
- Kind of source
- Peer-reviewed study
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- The span across studies, not a pooled figure; incidence was higher in children and after Pandemrix vaccination.
- Arithmetic
- 0.06 and 6.56 per 100,000 / 10 = 0.006 and 0.656 per 10,000
- About
- Narcolepsy
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.