Epidemiology of MS in Russia, a historical review

Table 1 MS prevalence in Russia at different time periods

Cities/regions	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2010
Eastern and Central parts of Russia (near 50 mlns of population, 90 % Slavonik)
Karelia	30		45
Pskov	55		62
Moscow		44	55
Orel		42
Yaroslavl		42	43
Kostroma		35
Voronezh		67
Nizhniy Novgorod		38	39
Ryazan		61
Volga-river regions (near 30 mlns of population, 40 % Slavonik, 50 % Turks, 10 % others)
Republic of Tatarstan		32	33
Kazan (capital of Tatarstan)		38	46
Republic of Bashkiria	35	50	56
Northern parts of Bashkiria		79
Ufa (capital of Bashkiria)		31	59
Republic of Chuvashia	14	19
Southern parts of Russia and the Northern Caucuses (near 30 mlns of population, 40 % Slavonik, 60 % others – ethnic groups of the Northern Caucuses)
Stavropol		24	30
Rostov-na-Dony		26	30
Volgograd		32
Republic of Karachaero-Cherkessia		17	20
Republic of Dagestan		10	19
Republic of Adigea		13	18
Republic of Northern Osetia		16	20
Republic of Chechnya		5	9
Ural region and the Western Siberia (near 10 mlns of population, 70 % Slavonik, 30 % others)
Tyumen		19	34
Chanti-Mansiysk region		21	25
Yamalo-Nentskyi region		20
Salechadr			29
Tomsk		22	27
Siktivkar			28
Cheliabinsks			51
Novosibirsk		50	60
The Eastern Siberia and the Far East (near 5 mlns of population, 80 % Slavonik, 20 % others)
Irkutsk	14	27	30
Blagoveshensks		34	58
Amur region		50
Yakutsk	4		19
Altay region			40
The Primorsk region		10	17
Vladivostok		11	16
The Northern part of Sakhalin			19
The Southern part of Sakhalin			17
The Northern part of Kamchatka		12	17
The Southern part of Kamchatka		15	23
Magadan			11

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