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Distribution of Arthritis Subtypes Among Adults With Arthritis in the United States, 2017 to March 2020

Foster AL, Boring MA, Lites TD, Croft JE, Odom EL, Fallon EA. Preventing Chronic Disease (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 2025;22:E28

Summary

On NHANES 2017 to March 2020, crude prevalence of any diagnosed arthritis among US adults aged 20 and over was 27.9 per cent, about 67.1 million people, age-standardised 24.9 per cent. An age-standardised 12.0 per cent of US adults were diagnosed with osteoarthritis, about 33.2 million on the crude distribution. One in five people with an arthritis diagnosis did not know their subtype. Doctor-diagnosed self-report, all joints, not knee-specific. Retrieved from the PubMed Central deposit because cdc.gov refused direct retrieval.

Supporting location Results, crude and age-standardised prevalence

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Published

19 Jun 2025

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31 Mar 2020

Accessed

2 Sep 2026

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