Prevalence and Incidence of Turner Syndrome
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Turner Syndrome usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Turner Syndrome at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Turner Syndrome refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Turner Syndrome 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 Turner Syndrome: 1-in-5000
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 5,000 or 0.02% or 54,400 people in USA [about data]
Incidence statistics about Turner Syndrome: The following statistics relate to the incidence of Turner Syndrome:
- 1 infants were born alive with Turner’s syndrome in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
- 0 fetal deaths or still births occurred due to Turner’s syndrome in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
- 6 cases of induced abortions occurred following prenatal diagnosis of Turner’s syndrome in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
- Turner’s syndrome occurred in 2.38 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
Last revision: June 23, 2003
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