Prevalence and Incidence of Ankle injuries
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Ankle injuries usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Ankle injuries at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Ankle injuries refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Ankle injuries 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. |
Incidence (annual) of Ankle injuries: 1 million annually (NIAMS); 85% are ankle sprains.
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
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