See also prevalence and incidence page for Neurofibromatosis
Incidence (annual) of Neurofibromatosis: about 1 in 30001.
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 3,000 or 0.03% or 90,666 people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Neurofibromatosis: 90,666 per year, 7,555 per month, 1,743 per week, 248 per day, 10 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: about 1 in 30001.
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Neurofibromatosis:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Neurofibromatosis. The term 'prevalence' of Neurofibromatosis usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Neurofibromatosis at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Neurofibromatosis refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Neurofibromatosis 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. Pathophysiology of Disease, Stephen J. McPhee, Vishwanash R. Lingappa, Willim F. Ganong, Jack D. Lang, Prentice Hall, 1995
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