Prevalence and Incidence of Thalassemia
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Thalassemia usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Thalassemia at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Thalassemia refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Thalassemia 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 Thalassemia: 1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 272,000 or 0.00% or 1,000 people in USA [about data]
Last revision: June 20, 2003
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