Statistics on Brain and Nervous System Conditions
If you or a loved one has a neurological (brain or nervous system) condition, you might want to know how common it is. The OHSU Brain Institute keeps track of how many cases there are in Oregon and around the United States.
Condition |
National Prevalence |
Oregon Prevalence |
Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alzheimer's disease
|
4,500,000
|
72,000
|
|
|
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
|
30,000
|
500
|
|
|
Anorexia, bulemia & binge disorders
|
5,241,600
|
78,600
|
|
|
Anxiety disorders
|
19,100,000
|
286,500
|
|
|
Ataxia
|
150,000
|
2,300
|
|
|
ADHD (Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder)
|
17,400,000
|
261,000
|
Children’s Disease Center/
|
|
Autism
|
4,600,000
|
7,000
|
|
|
Bipolar disorder
|
23,000,000
|
345,000
|
|
|
Blephoraspasm
|
80,000
|
1,200
|
|
|
Blindness and visual impairments
|
10, 000,000
|
150,000
|
|
|
Brain or head injuries (traumatic)
|
5,300,000
|
79,500
|
Children’s Disease Center
|
|
Cerebral palsy
|
1,000,000
|
15,000
|
Children’s Disease Center
|
|
Chronic epstein barr virus
|
87, 000
|
1,300
|
|
|
Deaf or partially deaf
|
27,000,000
|
405,000
|
|
|
Depression (major)
|
19,900,000
|
298,500
|
|
|
Developmental disorders
|
48,600,000
|
729,000
|
Children’s Disease Center
|
|
Diabetic neuropathy
|
9,540,000
|
143,100
|
Children’s Disease Center/
|
|
Dyslexia and other learning disorders
|
40,000,000
|
600,000
|
NIHCHS
|
|
Epilepsy
|
2,300,000
|
33,000
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia
|
6,000,000
|
90,000
|
|
|
Huntington's disease
|
40,000
|
600
|
|
|
Macular degeneration
|
15,000,000
|
225,000
|
|
|
Mental retardation/mental neurobiological disorders
|
5,720,000
|
85,800
|
Children’s Disease Center
|
|
Migraines/cluster headaches
|
45,000,000
|
675,000
|
|
|
Multiple sclerosis
|
400,000
|
6,000
|
|
|
Narcolepsy and sleep disorders
|
1,430,000
|
21,500
|
|
|
Neurofibromatosis
|
78,700
|
200
|
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation/
|
|
Neuromuscular diseases
|
28,300,000
|
424,500
|
|
|
Pain (Chronic), spinal cord Injuries, phantom limb pain
|
64,000,000
|
960,000
|
|
|
Parkinson's disease
|
1,500,000
|
22,500
|
|
|
Postherpetic neuralgia
|
38,955,800
|
584,300
|
NIHCHS
|
|
Restless leg syndrome
|
14,500,000
|
217,500
|
|
|
Schizophrenia
|
2,200,000
|
33,000
|
|
|
Spina bifida
|
286,000
|
4,300
|
|
|
Spinal cord Injury
|
200,000
|
3,400
|
NASCI/
|
|
Stroke
|
4,700,000
|
70,500
|
|
|
Substance abuse disorders (severe)
|
13,914,500
|
208,700
|
|
|
Tinnitus (severe)
|
42,800,000
|
208,700
|
|
|
Tourette's syndrome and other tic disorders
|
100,000
|
1,500
|
|
|
Trigeminal neuralgia
|
2,4500,000
|
36,800
|
|
|
Tumors (brain and nervous system)
|
350,000
|
5,300
|
|
|
Vestibular and balance disorder
|
90,000,000
|
1,350,000
|
