Multiple Sclerosis statistics show there are large variations in the number of infected people between each country. However, the study found that three general factors, which may be responsible for these changes, are to blame for this incurable disease. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with MS as men and even children aren’t safe from developing it. As a pediatric disease, it’s important to note that the female to male ratio is opposite than that seen in adults. In the MS population of children affected by the disease, males are diagnosed more often than females, until puberty is reached. After puberty, the majority of MS patients are female.

Multiple Sclerosis statistics worldwide changed once environmental factors, genetics and infections of the past were believed to play a larger part in the manifestation of the disease. In fact, in countries that are farther from the equator, the percentage of …