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What Is The Percentage Of People In The United States That Have Rheumatoid Arthritis?

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1 Comment to What Is The Percentage Of People In The United States That Have Rheumatoid Arthritis?

  1. Gar's Gravatar Gar
    October 14, 2009 at 4:47 pm | Permalink

    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects more than 2.5 million people in the United States, and like other autoimmune diseases, it disproportionately affects more women than men. Women with RA outnumber men three-to-one. Although children also can be affected, the onset of RA most commonly occurs in adults with increasing frequency at least into their 60s. Considering the estimated population of the USA is 302,394,000 making the proportion of only 1%

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