Arthritis Foundation - Heartland Region

Description

Our Vision

The Arthritis Foundation's vision is to create a world free of arthritis pain.

Because. . .

• More than 50 million American adults (one in every five) have doctor diagnosed arthritis.

• Arthritis affects 300,000 children under the age of 18.

• Two-thirds of people with arthritis are younger than 65 years old.

• By the year 2030, an estimated 67 million American adults will have arthritis.

• Arthritis and related conditions cost the U.S. economy $128 billion per year in medical care and indirect expenses, including lost wages and productivity.

• People of all genders, ages and races can get arthritis. However, women are more likely to get it than men.

• Arthritis affects more than 34 million Caucasians, more than 4.6 million African-Americans and 3.1 million Hispanics.

• Arthritis causes work limitations in the United States for 40 percent of people with the disease.

• Arthritis limits the daily activities of 21 million Americans. This includes 9.4 percent of the total adult population and 42.4 percent of adults with arthritis.

• There are 2.5 times as many women as there are men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

• The total annual cost of osteoarthritis (OA) per person living with it is approximately $5,700.

• Arthritis prevalence increases with age: 50 percent of adults age 65 and older have a form of arthritis.

Arthritis annually results in:

• 44 million outpatient visits

• About 1 million hospitalizations

• More than 9,000 deaths