Prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases in females according to age
| Prevalent 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 | * | 63 | 160 | 1670 | 2330 | 2740 | 1110 | 5 |
| Childhood arthritis | 86 | 36 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 10 | – | – |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
| Gout | – | 20 | 40 | 210 | 530 | 690 | 230 | 6 |
| Systemic lupus erythematosis | – | – | 28 | 45 | 35 | 28 | 32 | 7 |
| Scleroderma | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Osteoarthritis | – | 90 | 820 | 6540 | 12 170 | 15 820 | 5870 | 3 |
| Back pain | 510 | 3300 | 5670 | 7360 | 6580 | 6260 | 5890 | 2 |
| Soft tissue rheumatism | 1100 | 2800 | 4690 | 8360 | 7370 | 6800 | 5800 | 4 |
| Osteoporosis (hip) | – | – | – | 7660 | 24 350 | 49 360 | 22 500 | 1 |
| Disablement (mHAQ>0.5 + pain) | – | 2420 | 9140 | 14 380 | 18 340 | 30 740 | 13 600 | – |
| All msc | 3880 | 9600 | 15 660 | 26 600 | 29 790 | 31 630 | 20 720 | – |