Prevalence and Incidence of Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type
Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type: Rare Disease
Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type, or a subtype of Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Ophanet, who are a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type as a "rare disease".
More information about Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type is available from Orphanet
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type 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.