Prevalence and Incidence of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome

Prevalance of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome:

1-3 per 1,000 people suffer from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome worldwide, Genetics Home Reference website ... see also overview of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 1,000 or 0.10% or 272,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "1-3 per 1,000 people suffer from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome worldwide, Genetics Home Reference website" -- see also general information about data sources]

Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome: Rare Disease

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

About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome 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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