Prevalence and Incidence of Atherosclerosis
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Atherosclerosis usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Atherosclerosis at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Atherosclerosis refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Atherosclerosis 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. |
Prevalance of Atherosclerosis: 17 per 1000 - NHIS95
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 58 or 1.70% or 4.6 million people in USA [about data]
Last revision: April 9, 2003
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