Table 3 Crude prevalence of ME/CFS per 100,000 persons, 2015–2019

All persons rate (95% CI)

101.5(97.8–105.3)

103.9 (100.3–107.7)

99.7 (96.7–103.3)

97.2(93.7–100.8)

94.9 (91.5–98.5)

Females

136.9 (131.1–142.8)

141.4(135.7–147.3)

133.9(128.5–139.7)

132.0(126.7–137.8)

130.0(124.7–135.8)

Males

57.5 (53.4–61.9)

57.5(53.5–61.8)

56.9(53.0–61.1)

53.6(49.8–57.7)

50.9(47.2–54.9)

Age groups:

 13–19

80.1(69.691.8)

75.7(65.7–86.9)

71.5(61.8–82.2)

67.2(57.8–77.7)

66.9(57.4–77.5)

 20–29

94.0(85.5–103.2)

96.1(87.7–105.1)

93.4(85.2–102.2)

92.6(84.2–101.3)

90.1(81.9–98.8)

 30–39

106.5(97.5–116.1)

110.6(101.7–120.1)

102.3(93.9–111.3)

95.8(87.7–104.4)

95.4(87.3–104.0)

 40–49

118.8(109.1–129.3)

123.3(113.5–133.7)

116.3(106.9–126.4)

120.4(110.7–130.6)

120.5(110.7–130.9)

 50–59

142.6(131.4–154.5)

141.8(130.81–53.5)

139.0(128.2150.4)

132.9(122.3–144.1)

125.6(115.2–136.7)

 60–69

102.5(92.2–113.6)

103.0(102.4124.4)

144.2(103.6–125.5)

113.1(102.7–124.3)

107.8(97.5–118.8)

 70–79

68.6(58.0–80.5)

69.9(59.7–81.5)

64.5(54.9–75.2)

63.1(53.9–73.6)

63.9(54.8–74.3)

 80 + 

21.2(14.4–30.1)

19.0(12.7–27.3)

19.0(12.8–27.1)

17.3(11.5–25.0)

20.9(14.5–29.2)

Remoteness area

 Major city

92.3(87.8–96.9)

96.3(91.9–100.9)

91.0(86.8—95.5)

87.8(83.7–92.1)

85.9 (81.9—90.2)

 Inner regional

124.5 (116.4–133.2)

126.8 (118.7–135.4)

119.0(111.2–127.3)

118.2(110.3–126.4)

116.9(109.0–125.1)

 Outer regional

106.4(95.4–118.3)

100.6(89.9–112.2)

108.9 (97.8–120.9)

109.1 (97.9–121.1)

103.1 (92.1–115.0)

 Remote/very remote

42.1(26.7–63.1)

47.8 (32.0–68.7)

46.3 (31.0–66.5)

53.8 (37.0–75.6)

65.6 (46.4–89.9)

IRSAD quintiles:

 1(most disadvantaged)

90.5 (82.1- 99.5)

93.5 (85.1—102.5)

94.7 (86.3—103.7)

90.9 (82.7—99.8)

84.8 (76.7—93.5)

 2

110.8 (101.9–120.3)

110.5 (101.8–119.8)

102.9 (94.5—111.8)

98.2(90.1—106.9)

101.9(93.5–110.9)

 3

103.2 (95.3—111.6)

106.6 (98.7—114.8)

98.9(91.5—106.8)

97.4 (90.1—105.2)

98.1 (90.8—105.9)

 4

93.7(85.8–102.3)

94.1(86.4—102.3)

94.7 (87.1—102.8)

94.4(86.9 -102.4)

88.9(81.7—96.7)

 5(most advantaged)

104.1(96.5—112.0)

108.5 (100.9–116.4)

101.7 (94.4—109.3)

100.3(93.1–107.9)

109.7(101.7–118.3)