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The four year incidence period was from 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2019. Prevalence date was 1st March 2019. Of note, this time period pre-dated access to disease modifying therapy in New Zealand. Census data for 2018 was used for denominators. Descriptive statistics and capture-recapture were used to analyse the data. For context, we reviewed international SMA epidemiology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence per 100,000 live births was 8.0 (95% confidence interval (CI): 4.8\u201312.5). The standardised prevalence rate of SMA on 1st March 2019 was 1.78 per 100,000 (95% CI: 1.24, 2.33). Prevalence was significantly lower amongst M\u0101ori at 0.34 (95% CI: 0.08, 1.13; p\u2009=\u20090.006). Substantial decline from best motor milestone performance was seen; seven patients with SMA1 died without access to disease modifying therapy. 74% of the total cohort used wheelchairs. 23% required respiratory support. 62% had scoliosis, of whom 61% had had surgery. Surviving SMA1 patients had very high health service utilisation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Incidence and prevalence figures match closely with international studies. This is the first record of low SMA rates in M\u0101ori. 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