Prevalence and Incidence of Scoliosis
Prevalance of Scoliosis:
3-per-1,000 to 5-per-1000 children (NIAMS) ... see also overview of Scoliosis.
Prevalance Rate:
approx 1 in 333 or 0.30% or 816,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "3-per-1,000 to 5-per-1000 children (NIAMS)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Scoliosis Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Prevalance of Scoliosis:
Of every 1,000 children, 3 to 5
develop spinal curves that are considered large enough to need
treatment.
(Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers about Scoliosis in Children and Adolescents: NIAMS)
More Statistics about Scoliosis:
Hospitalization statistics
All statistics for Scoliosis
Prevalence/Incidence of Scoliosis: Online Medical Books
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Scoliosis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Scoliosis may be functional, structural, or idiopathic. Functional (postural) scoliosis usually results from a discrepancy in leg lengths rather than from a fixed deformity of the spinal column; it corrects when the patient bends toward the convex side. Structural scoliosis results from a deformity of the vertebral bodies, and it doesn’t correct when the patient bends to the side. Structural scoliosis may be:
❑ congenital: usually related to a congenital defect, such as wedge vertebrae, fused ribs or vertebrae, or hemivertebrae; may result from trauma to zygote or embryo
❑ paralytic or musculoskeletal: develops several months after asymmetrical paralysis of the trunk muscles due to polio, cerebral palsy, or muscular dystrophy
❑ idiopathic (the most common form): may be transmitted as an autosomal dominant or multifactorial trait. This form appears in a previously straight spine during the growing years. Brain stem dysfunction, possibly due to a lesion of the posterior columns or the inner ear, may be the cause.
Idiopathic scoliosis can be classified as infantile, which affects mostly male infants between birth and age 3 and causes left thoracic and right lumbar curves; juvenile, which affects both sexes between ages 4 and 10 and causes varying types of curvature; or adolescent, which generally affects girls between age 10 and achievement of skeletal maturity and causes varying types of curvature.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Scoliosis usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Scoliosis at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Scoliosis refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Scoliosis 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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