Prevalence and Incidence of Cardiomyopathy
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Cardiomyopathy usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Cardiomyopathy at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Cardiomyopathy refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Cardiomyopathy 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 Cardiomyopathy: 50,000 Americans (NHLBI)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 5,439 or 0.02% or 50,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Cardiomyopathy: Cardiomyopathy affects about 50,000 Americans.1
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI
Last revision: May 26, 2003
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