Prevalence and Incidence of Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia
Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia: Rare Disease
Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia, or a subtype of Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia 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.