Incidence & Prevalence

Duchenne / Becker

The incidence of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is 1 in 3500 live male births. The prevalence is around 24 per million of the population in Britain. Becker Muscular Dystrophy is rarer but the prevalence of this condition is the same, at around 24 per million of the population, this is because the life expectancy is longer in this condition.

Other Types

Most of the other subtypes of Muscular Dystrophy are very rare; indeed some are so rare that that only a few cases have been described.