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Diseases » Bizarre medical conditions » Prevalence

Prevalence and Incidence of Bizarre medical conditions

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Prevalance of types of Bizarre medical conditions:

For details see prevalence of types of Bizarre medical conditions analysis; summary of available prevalence data:

Guillain-Barre syndrome: about 1 in 100,000 (NWHIC)
Acromegaly: 40-60 per million affected people at any time
Bipolar disorder: 1.2 percent of the population; 2.3 million adult Americans (NIMH)
Autoimmune diseases: 8,511,845 people in the USA 1996 ¹
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Incidence of types of Bizarre medical conditions:

For details see incidence of types of Bizarre medical conditions analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:

Guillain-Barre syndrome: about 1 in 100,000 (NWHIC)
Acromegaly: 3 per million annual cases
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Incidence statistics for Bizarre medical conditions:

The following statistics relate to the incidence of Bizarre medical conditions:

2 infants were born alive with indeterminate sex in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
0 fetal deaths or still births occurred due to indeterminate sex in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
0 cases of induced abortions occurred following prenatal diagnosis of indeterminate sex in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
Indeterminate sex occurred in 0.68 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
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About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Bizarre medical conditions usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Bizarre medical conditions at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Bizarre medical conditions refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Bizarre medical conditions diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Footnotes:
1. Rose and Mackay, 1998, The Autoimmune Diseases, Third Edition