Prevalence and Incidence of Muscular Dystrophy
Prevalance of types of Muscular Dystrophy:
For details see prevalence of types of Muscular Dystrophy analysis; summary of available prevalence data:
Muscular Dystrophy: Rare Disease
Muscular Dystrophy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Muscular Dystrophy, or a subtype of Muscular Dystrophy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Muscular Dystrophy Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Muscular Dystrophy:
500 - 600 male newborns are diagnosed with muscular dystrophy each year in the US, Duchenne and Becker types, Genetics Home Reference website ... see also overview of Muscular Dystrophy.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 544,000 or 0.00% or 500 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "500 - 600 male newborns are diagnosed with muscular dystrophy each year in the US, Duchenne and Becker types, Genetics Home Reference website" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Muscular Dystrophy:
500 per year,
41 per month,
9 per week,
1 per day,
0 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "500 - 600 male newborns are diagnosed with muscular dystrophy each year in the US, Duchenne and Becker types, Genetics Home Reference website" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence of types of Muscular Dystrophy:
For details see incidence of types of Muscular Dystrophy analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
Prevalence/Incidence of Muscular Dystrophy: Online Medical Books
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for more information about the prevalence and/or incidence of Muscular Dystrophy.
Muscular dystrophy:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Muscular dystrophy is caused by various genetic mechanisms. Duchenne’s and Becker’s muscular dystrophies are X-linked recessive disorders. Both result from defects in the gene coding for the muscle protein dystrophin; the gene has been mapped to the Xp21 locus.
The incidence muscular dystrophy is about 1 in 651,450 persons in the United States. Duchenne’s and Becker’s muscular dystrophies affect males almost exclusively.
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy is an autosomal dominant disorder. Limb-girdle dystrophy is usually autosomal recessive. These two types affect both sexes about equally.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Muscular Dystrophies:
Muscular Dystrophies - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
Muscular Dystrophies - incidence
- DMD—1:3,500 boys (most common type MD)
- BMD—1:30,000 boys
- CMD—1:20,000 (northeast Italy)
- MMD—1:8,000
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Muscular Dystrophy usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Muscular Dystrophy at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Muscular Dystrophy refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Muscular Dystrophy 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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