Incidence of musculoskeletal diseases in females according to age
| Incident cases per 100 000 females | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16* | 33 | 53 | 93 | 97 | 49 | 71 | 6 |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Gout | – | 20 | 40 | 170 | 450 | 640 | 200 | 5 |
| Systemic lupus erythematosis | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Scleroderma | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.6 | 9 |
| Osteoarthritis | – | 60 | 580 | 3840 | 6480 | 7410 | 3170 | 3 |
| Backpain | 460 | 2290 | 4610 | 5660 | 5000 | 4720 | 4670 | 2 |
| Soft tissue rheumatism | 900 | 2290 | 4130 | 7260 | 6240 | 5380 | 5010 | 1 |
| Hip fracture | – | 8 | 5 | 52 | 305 | 1509 | 213 | 4 |