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Prevalence Statistics for Types of Chronic Illness

The information below shows a list of types of Chronic Illness, with information as to the prevalence of each of these types. Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.

Disease	Prevalence Estimate	US people estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Chronic Illness (overall)	approx 1 in 3 or 33.09% or 90 million people in USA	89,999,996	90 million people in USA (CDC)
Heart disease	approx 1 in 12 or 8.09% or 22 million people in USA	21,999,998	22 million adults in the US 2000 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Diabetes	approx 1 in 17 or 5.88% or 16 million people in USA	15,999,999	16 million Americans with 10.3 million diagnosed and 8.1 million women (NWHIC); 65 per 1000 - NHIS95; 8 million - perhaps 16 million if include not-yet-diagnosed.
Cardiovascular Disease	approx 1 in 4 or 22.72% or 61.8 million people in USA	61,800,001	61,800,000 cases in the USA (American Heart Association, 2004)
Cerebrovascular disease	approx 1 in 33 or 3.00% or 8.2 million people in USA	8,160,000	30 per 1000 - NHIS95
Hypertension	approx 1 in 5 or 18.38% or 50 million people in USA	49,999,999	50 million Americans (NHLBI); 217 per 1000 (NHIS95)
Kidney disease	approx 1 in 36 or 2.72% or 7.4 million people in USA	7,399,999	7.4 million adults in the USA 1988-94 (American Journal of Kidney Disease)
Liver disease	approx 1 in 679 or 0.15% or 400,000 people in USA	400,000	400,000 people in the USA 1976-80 for "chronic liver disease and cirrhosis" (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Alzheimer's Disease	approx 1 in 68 or 1.47% or 4 million people in USA	3,999,999	more than 4 million Americans (CDC); estimated 4 million people in the U.S (NHWIC)
Arthritis	approx 1 in 7 or 13.60% or 37 million people in USA	37,000,000	37 million Americans (NIAMS)
Cancer	N/A	N/A	No information
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease	N/A	N/A	No information
Epilepsy	approx 1 in 118 or 0.85% or 2.3 million people in USA	2,299,999	2.3 million Americans (CDC)
Hereditary Hemochromatosis	N/A	N/A	No information
Iron Overload	approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA	999,999	more than 1 million Americans (CDC); 5 per 1000 in Caucasians (NIDDK); 1-in-200 to 1-in-300
Oral Diseases	N/A	N/A	No information
Osteoporosis	approx 1 in 9 or 10.29% or 28 million people in USA	28,000,000	28 million Americans (10 million with osteoporosis; 18 million with low bone mass); eight million American women and 2 million men (NWHIC)

Prevalence Statistics for Chronic Illness

Prevalance of Chronic Illness:

90 million people in USA (CDC)

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 3 or 33.09% or 90 million people in USA [about data]

Types of Chronic Illness

For more information about types of Chronic Illness, refer to our section on types of Chronic Illness.

About prevalence:

The medical term 'prevalence' of Chronic Illness usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Chronic Illness at any given time, whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Chronic Illness is called the 'incidence'. For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

» Next page: Incidence of Types of Chronic Illness

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