Research and Markets: In 2010 There were 4.6 Million Cases of Rheumatoid Arthritis in 7 Major Markets: Gain a Deeper Insight with the 'Epidemiology: Rheumatoid Arthritis' Report

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9948e8/epidemiology_rheu) has announced the addition of the "Epidemiology: Rheumatoid Arthritis" report to their offering.

Globally, between 0.2% and 1.2% of the world population above the age of 16 years has rheumatoid arthritis. In 2010, there were approximately 4.6 million people with rheumatoid arthritis in the seven major markets (US, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK). More than half of rheumatoid arthritis cases in the seven major markets (2.6 million) in 2010 were in the US alone.

Features and Benefits:

• Gain insight to market potential, including a robust 10-year epidemiology forecast of rheumatoid arthritis prevalent cases.
• Understand the key epidemiologic risk factors associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

Highlights:

• In 2010, there were 4.6 million cases of rheumatoid arthritis prevalent cases in the seven major markets.
• Rheumatoid prevalent cases will marginally increase across the seven major markets although declines are estimated for Japan in the next 10 years.
• Aging populations are behind this rise in prevalent cases of rheumatoid arthritis.

Your Key Questions Answered:

• What is the estimated prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the seven major markets?
• What is the expected prevalence in the next 2010?

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Source: Datamonitor