Prevalence and Incidence of Blood conditions
Prevalance of types of Blood conditions:
For details see prevalence of types of Blood conditions analysis; summary of available prevalence data:
- Anemia: 3.5 million (NHLBI)
- Sickle cell anemia: estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
- Hemophilia: 20,000 people in the United States (NHLBI)
- Hemochromatosis: more than 1 million Americans (CDC); 5 per 1000 in Caucasians (NIDDK); 1-in-200 to 1-in-300
- Amyloidosis: less than 3,000 people in the US (Mayo Clinic)
- Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome: very rare; NIAID mentions 58 individuals
- High Cholesterol: estimated 101 million Americans have cholesterol >= 200 mg/dL (CDC)
- Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: rare.
- Multiple Myeloma: about 63,000 people affected by multiple myeloma ("Orphan Products: Hope for People With Rare Diseases", By Carol Rados, FDA Consumer magazine, November-December 2003 Issue)
- Pernicious anemia: 399,455 people in the USA 1996 1
- Sickle Cell Anemia: estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
- Thalassemia: 1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI)
- Von Willebrand disease: estimated 3 million mostly undiagnosed
- Hypertension: 50 million Americans (NHLBI); 217 per 1000 (NHIS95)
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Blood conditions Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence of types of Blood conditions:
For details see incidence of types of Blood conditions analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
- Iron deficiency anemia: 187,979 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC); 20% women of childbearing age; 2% adult men (NWHIC)
- Sickle cell anemia: 1 per 500 African American births; 1 per 1,000-1,400 Hispanic-American births
- Hemophilia: about 400 babies annually (NHLBI)
- Leukemia: 30,800 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate) including 10,800 lymphocytic, 15,000 myeloid and 5,000 other leukemias; about 29,000 cases annually (NCI); nearly 27,000 adults and more than 2,000 children annually.
- Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: 1 per 80,000 cases to 2.6 per 100,000 (as reported in Rose and Mackay 19982)
- Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia: less than 10 per 100,000 cases and 1-4 per 100,000 in children1
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome: 202 cases of postdiarrheal HUS in 28 USA states 2001 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2003)
- Meningococcal disease: 2,501 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
- Multiple Myeloma: 14,600 annual cases of multiple myeloma in USA (SEER 2002 estimate)
- Septicemia: 1,648 annual cases in Victora 1996 (DHS-VIC)
- Sickle Cell Anemia: 1 per 500 African American births; 1 per 1,000-1,400 Hispanic-American births
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Death statistics for Blood conditions:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Blood conditions:
- 2 male deaths per 100,000 population for blood diseases in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
- 2 female deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
- Blood disease caused 2 male deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
- Blood disease caused 2 female deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
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Prevalence/Incidence of Blood conditions: Online Medical Books
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Acute leukemia:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Research on predisposing factors isn't conclusive but points to some combination of viruses (viral remnants have been found in leukemic cells), genetic and immunologic factors, and exposure to radiation and certain chemicals. (See Predisposing factors to acute leukemia.)
Pathogenesis isn't clearly understood, but immature, nonfunctioning WBCs appear to accumulate first in the tissue where they originate (lymphocytes in lymph tissue, granulocytes in bone marrow). These immature WBCs then spill into the bloodstream and from there infiltrate other tissues, eventually causing organ malfunction because of encroachment or hemorrhage.
Acute leukemia is more common in males than in females, in whites (especially people of Jewish descent), in children (between ages 2 and 5; 80% of all leukemias in this age-group are ALL), and in people who live in urban and industrialized areas. Acute leukemia accounts for 20% of all adult leukemias. Among children, however, it's the most common form of cancer. Incidence is 6 out of every 100,000 people.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Although the cause of CLL is unknown, researchers suspect hereditary factors (higher incidence has been recorded within families), still-undefined chromosome abnormalities, and certain immunologic defects (such as ataxia-telangiectasia or acquired agammaglobulinemia). The disease doesn't seem to be associated with radiation exposure, carcinogenic chemicals, or viruses.
Approximately 2 out of every 100,000 people develop CLL annually, with 90% of cases found in people who are older than age 50. Many cases go undetected by routine blood tests in people who are asymptomatic. The disease is common in Jewish people of Russian or Eastern European descent, and is uncommon in Asia.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Blood conditions usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Blood conditions at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Blood conditions refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Blood 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.
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