Nearly one-quarter of US adults have arthritis; 43% of those report activity limitations – Healio
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An estimated 58.5 million adults in the United States — nearly one-quarter of the country’s adult population — had arthritis, while 25.7 million demonstrated arthritis-related activity limitations, during 2016 to 2018, according to data.
The figures point to a continuously rising trend, following 2013 to 2015 estimates that reached 54.4 million and 23.7 million, respectively, the researchers wrote.
An estimated 58.5 million adults in the United States — nearly one-quarter of the country’s adult population — had arthritis, while 25.7 million demonstrated arthritis-related activity limitations, during 2016-2018, according to data derived from Theis KA, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7040a2.
“This study is the most recent in a series of reports examining the prevalence of arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitations among U.S. adults,” Kristina A. Theis, PhD, of the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, told Healio Rheumatology. “We found that the number of U.S. adults with arthritis continues to increase along a 15-year trend; it increased by 4.1 million, from 54.4 million in 2013 to 2015 to 58.5 million in 2016 to 2018. A similar increasing trend was observed for the number of U.S. adults whose activities were limited due to arthritis.”
“However, this trend is increasing faster than projected,” she added. “It increased over the last surveillance period by 2 million, from 23.7 million to 25.7 million. Our analysis shows that there are groups of people — for example, adults with fewer economic opportunities, adults with poorer overall health, including mental health, and adults with physical limitations — with disproportionate unmet need for existing evidence-based interventions to help manage arthritis and delay or prevent activity limitations due to arthritis.”
Kristina A. Theis
To update the national prevalence estimates for arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation (AAAL) in U.S. adults, researchers from the CDC analyzed National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 2016 to 2018. According to the researchers, the NHIS is an ongoing, nationally representative, in-person health survey of noninstitutionalized civilians in the United States. Adult sample sizes for 2016, 2017 and 2018 were 33,028, 26,742 and 25,417, respectively.
Participants were asked whether they had been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they have arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus or fibromyalgia. Respondents were also asked if they were “limited in any way” in any of their usual activities due to arthritis or joint symptoms.
The researchers calculated annualized unadjusted and age-standardized prevalence estimates for arthritis and AAAL, both overall and based on …….
