Hi all@Mikeys01 just posted on another thread that some do not...

Hi all
@Mikeys01 just posted on another thread that some do not let the truth get in the way of a good story - so I won’t. I will let a bad story get in the way of a good one though!

it is just 1 week to the Team PharmAust Investors WALK TO DEFEAT MND. During this 1 week lead time, on average 14 Australian sufferers will die. Let that sink in for a moment.

Don’t know about you but that makes me very uncomfortable.

Info from MND Australia:
Worldwide the incidence of ALS/MND is 2 per 100,000 of total population, while the prevalence is around 6 per 100,000 of total population. Research has found that the incidence is higher in people aged over 50 years. Although classified as a rare disease based on its prevalence it is estimated that approximately 140,000 new cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. The lifetime risk of developing ALS/MND has been calculated to be 1/300.

In Australia, on average, each day two people die from MND and two people are diagnosed with MND.

A Deloitte Access Economics report commissioned by MND Australia in 2015 estimated that there were 2,094 Australians living with MND, of whom 60% were male and 40% female. The overall prevalence rate was estimated to be 8.7 per 100,000 Australians, or 1 in 11,434 Australians, with the highest prevalence rate reported in males aged between 75 and 84 years. The report found that in comparison to other countries, Australia has a relatively high level of prevalence, with recent studies conducted in Europe finding prevalence rates of 7.9 per 100,000 population.

Mortality rates due to MND are relatively high in all age groups. The mortality rate is estimated to be 3.14 per 100,000 across the entire population, which was equivalent to 752 deaths due to MND in 2015. Approximately 55% of deaths occur in males. Deaths associated with MND are typically due to respiratory failure as a result of weakened respiratory muscles.

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