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The Frequency of Neurological Disorders in the Arab World

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Incidence and prevalence are important measures for identifying disease frequency and determining the burden of different disorders in the community. Therefore, incidence and prevalence studies are important for policy makers and health planners in any country. This chapter presents the available data about the incidence and prevalence of various neurological disorders in Arab nations. Most of the data will be presented in tables, and brief comments will be made on each country. There is a reasonable amount of data on incidence and prevalence of neurological disorders from Egypt, Libya and Saudi Arabia, and from Palestinians. There are also some data from Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Tunisia. There are single publications about incidence or prevalence of neurological diseases from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq and United Arab Emirates. No data are available from Comoros, Djibouti, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Generally, there are immense deficits in the neuroepidemiology data in Arab countries. As a result, there are opportunities and much need for more high quality neuroepidemiological studies.

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