Statistics about Glucagonoma
| About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Glucagonoma. The term 'prevalence' of Glucagonoma usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Glucagonoma at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Glucagonoma refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Glucagonoma 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. |
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Glucagonoma: (see also prevalence and incidence page for Glucagonoma)
Prevalance of Glucagonoma: only 100 cases since 1974 (Ganda, 1997)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 2,720,000 or 0.00% or 100 people in USA [about data]
Last revision: April 2, 2003
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