10/12/2025
It is sad to see the number of Australians with MS is increasing. If you know anyone in the New England with MS, especially newly diagnosed, please let them know we are here to support them.
A new report from our MS Research Flagship's health economics group has found that multiple sclerosis (MS) is costing Australians more than $3 billion a year, and the number of people with MS is up 77% since 2010.
๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ข 2025, commissioned by MS Australia, found that almost 38,000 Australians are now living with MS. Tasmania continues to have the highest prevalence in the country, with 190 cases per 100,000 people, nearly double the rate in Queensland and Western Australia.
MS is the most common acquired chronic neurological disease affecting young adults, often diagnosed between ages 20โ40. It can lead to job loss, financial strain and reduced quality of life. The report highlights the urgent need for investment in support services, early intervention and prevention.
Tasmaniaโs high MS prevalence is a stark reminder of why our research in this space is critical.
โOur vision is to improve health and wellbeing of Tasmanians through world-class research. We strive to reduce the burden of diseases such as MS to our community, and these findings reinforce that commitment,โ said Professor Tracey Dickson, Director of Menzies.
Photo caption: ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด (๐-๐) ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ (๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ), ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ช ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ป๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ
Head to the link in the comments to read more about our report ๐
