The degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis affects 15% of the global population over age 30, so by 2050 that could be nearly 1 billion people, researchers say.
The research was part of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, and used 30 years of osteoarthritis data, from 1990 to 2020, in more than 200 countries.population growthWhile around 256 million people had osteoarthritis in 1990, that number jumped to 595 million people in 2020, a 132% increase.
The study found that obesity was responsible for about 20% of the disability of osteoarthritis in 2020. For people aged 70 and older, osteoarthritis ranked seventh in causes for years lived with disability. The condition is expected to increase by 2050 by 74.9% in knees, 48.65% in hands, 78.6% in hips and 95.1% in other joints, including the elbow and shoulder.In 2020, 61% of osteoarthritis cases were in women compared to 39% in men.
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