Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [3]

• In France, a country with one of the highest per capita consumptions of alcohol, the prevalence of the WKS was found to be only 0.4% in a small retrospective autopsy study.^[1]
• Prevalence rates in Australia are highest 2.8%.^[2]
• Per capita consumption of alcohol is not corelating with the prevalence of the syndrome in many countries.^[3]

• It is more common in middle aged persons.

• It is more common in men.

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