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A new global study reveals New Zealand has the world's highest mortality rate for motor neuron disease, with far more sufferers than previously thought.
The Global Burden of Disease study shows New Zealand has the world's highest MND death rate: 2.2 deaths per 100,000 people.
It also finds finds that more than 800 people are currently living with the disease in New Zealand - more than double the estimate of the local charity supporting people with the illness - Motor Neuron Disease New Zealand.
Lynn talks with Professor Valery Feigin , a neurologist and Director of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences at Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
