Incidence of musculoskeletal diseases in males according to age
| Incident cases per 100 000 males | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condition | 0–15 | 16–24 | 25–44 | 45–64 | 65–74 | ⩾75 | All ages | Rank |
| *Childhood arthritis. | ||||||||
| Estimates for a Caucasian European population derived from studies in Europe and North America17 | ||||||||
| Inflammatory arthritis | 8* | 13 | 25 | 45 | 49 | 64 | 32 | 6 |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 1 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
| Gout | – | 10 | 360 | 910 | 1500 | 1480 | 760 | 4 |
| Systemic lupus erythematosis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Scleroderma | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.1 | 9 |
| Osteoarthritis | – | 70 | 400 | 2670 | 4520 | 5350 | 1970 | 3 |
| Backpain | 290 | 1860 | 3680 | 4550 | 3940 | 4220 | 3684 | 2 |
| Soft tissue rheumatism | 910 | 1640 | 3360 | 5740 | 5830 | 5540 | 4100 | 1 |
| Hip fracture | – | 7 | 13 | 41 | 184 | 602 | 68 | 5 |