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JAMA. 2006;296:2671-2672.

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MMWR. 2006;55:1089-1092

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Arthritis is highly prevalent among U.S. adults, the leading cause of disability,¹ and associated with substantial activity limitation, work disability, reduced quality of life, and high health-care costs.^2-4 As the population ages, arthritis is expected to affect an estimated 67 million adults in the United States by 2030.⁵ This report updates estimates of the national prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation in the adult U.S. population, using data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for 2003-2005. The findings indicated that an estimated 21.6% of the adult U.S. population (46.4 million persons) had doctor-diagnosed arthritis, and 8.3% (17.4 million) had arthritis-attributable activity limitations. Public and private health agencies should promote measures to increase the availability of evidence-based arthritis prevention and management interventions.

NHIS is an annual, household-based survey of a representative sample of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population, using in-person interviews. This study . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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