Researchers analysed 30 years of osteoarthritis data covering more than 200 countries.
The most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, affects 15% of the global population over the age of 30 – and it is estimated that by 2050 nearly one billion people will have the condition, researchers say.
The condition increases with age, and international research found that for those aged 70 and older it ranked seventh among causes for years lived with disability . It was led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation as part of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. In 1990, 256 million people had osteoarthritis. By 2020, this number rose to 595 million people – a 132% increase.Dr Jaimie Steinmetz, the paper’s corresponding author and lead research scientist at the IHME, said: “With the key drivers of people living longer and a growing world population, we need to anticipate stress on health systems in most countries.
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