Open AccessAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mortality in the United States, 2011–2014
Author(s) -
Theodore Larson,
Wendy Kaye,
Paul Mehta,
D. Kevin Horton
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000488891
Subject(s) - medicine , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , mortality rate , demography , population , pediatrics , disease , environmental health , sociology
The International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision (ICD-10) did not include a code specific for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) until 2017. Instead, code G12.2 included both ALS and other motor neuron diseases (MND). Our objective was to determine US mortality rates for ALS exclusively by excluding other MND and progressive supranuclear palsy.
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