Burden of neurological disease across the US, 1990-2017 (JAMA Neurology)

We often hear that "people don't die of MS." However, in this article MS is one of the 5 leading causes of death from neurological disorders:

Among the neurological disorders, the 5 most prevalent were TTH (121.6 [95% UI, 110-133] million people), migraine (68.5 [95% UI, 64-73] million people), stroke (7.8 [95% UI, 7.4-8.2] million people), AD and other dementias (2.9 [95% UI, 2.6-3.2] million people), and SCI (2.2 [95% UI, 2.0-2.3] million people) while the most burdensome in terms of DALYs were stroke (3.6 [95% UI, 3.3-3.9] million DALYs), AD and other dementias (2.6 [95% UI, 2.4-2.7] million DALYs), migraine (2.4 [95% UI, 1.5-3.4] million DALYs), idiopathic epilepsy (0.4 [95% UI, 0.3-0.6] million people), and PD (0.4 [95% UI, 0.3-0.4] million people). The 5 leading causes of death from neurological disorders were from AD and other dementias (258 600 [95% UI, 254 000-263 000] deaths), stroke (172 000 [95% UI, 166 000-178 000] deaths), PD (30 000 [95% UI, 24 000-31 000] deaths), MND (8400 [95% UI, 8000-9000] deaths), and MS (4000 [95% UI, 3000-4000] deaths). The highest incidence was of new-onset TTH (44.5 [95% UI, 40.0-48.8] million cases per year) followed by migraine (5.0 [95% UI, 4.6-5.5] million cases per year), TBI (0.96 [95% UI, 0.8-1.2] million cases per year), stroke (0.60 [95% UI, 0.55-0.65] million cases per year), and AD and other dementias (0.48 [0.47-0.57] million cases per year).

AD = Alzheimer's disease

DALY = disability-adjusted life years
MND = motor neuron disease
PD = Parkinson's disease
TBI = traumatic brain injury
TTH = tension-type headache
UI = uncertainty interval

[Emphasis added]

"Burden of neurological disorders across the US from 1990-2017:  A Global Burden of Disease study" in JAMA Neurology (November 2, 2020):

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