Prevalence and Incidence of Amebiasis

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Amebiasis: Rare Disease

Amebiasis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Amebiasis, or a subtype of Amebiasis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.

Incidence (annual) of Amebiasis:

54 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS) ... see also overview of Amebiasis.

Incidence Rate:

approx 1 in 150,800 or 0.00% or 1,803 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "54 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)" -- see also general information about data sources]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Amebiasis:

1,803 per year, 150 per month, 34 per week, 4 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. [Source statistic for calculation: "54 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)" -- see also general information about data sources]

More Statistics about Amebiasis:

Deaths and related statistics

Hospitalization statistics

All statistics for Amebiasis

About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Amebiasis usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Amebiasis at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Amebiasis refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Amebiasis diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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