Prevalence and Incidence of Tetanus
Ophanet, who are a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Tetanus as a "rare disease".
More information about Tetanus is available from Orphanet
Tetanus Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Tetanus:
40 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); rare due to vaccination. ... see also overview of Tetanus.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 6,800,000 or 0.00% or 40 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "40 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); rare due to vaccination." -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Tetanus:
40 per year,
3 per month,
0 per week,
0 per day,
0 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "40 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); rare due to vaccination." -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence statistics for Tetanus:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Tetanus:
- 0 new cases of tetanus per 100,000 population was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 3 new cases of tetanus was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- more statistics...»
Death statistics for Tetanus:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Tetanus:
- Tetanus death statistics by worldwide region:
- About 84,000 deaths from tetanus in Africa 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 82,000 deaths from tetanus in South East Asia 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 36,000 deaths from tetanus in Eastern Mediterranean 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 11,000 deaths from tetanus in Western Pacific 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- more statistics...»
More Statistics about Tetanus:
Deaths and related statistics
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Prevalence/Incidence of Tetanus: Online Medical Books
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Tetanus:
Tetanus - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Tetanus remains a major problem in developing countries but is rare in the developed world because of widespread immunization.
- Rare cases have been reported in patients with protective levels of antitetanus antibodies.
Tetanus - incidence
- In the US the incidence of tetanus is <0.2 per 1,000,000 people per year.
- Most of the 800,000–1,000,000 yearly deaths from tetanus occur in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Generalized tetanus is the most common form.
- Neonatal tetanus is rare in the US but ~150,000 cases occur each year worldwide.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Tetanus usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Tetanus at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Tetanus refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Tetanus 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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