Osteoarthritis

What research knows about osteoarthritis comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

528 million

People living with osteoarthritis, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

535.0

Age-standardised incidence rate of osteoarthritis, worldwide, 2021

source

How rare

Common

about 660 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind osteoarthritis

Clinical diagnosis note (age 45 or over, activity-related joint pain)
Doctor's letters
once, at diagnosis
guideline
Joint imaging (X-ray, MRI), not routine
Scan reports
not routine; only with atypical features
guideline
Treatment review
Doctor's letters
based on clinical need
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$75

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $75 to $883

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Doctor's lettersx2$6.07how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

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Osteoarthritis

What research knows about osteoarthritis comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

528 million

People living with osteoarthritis, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

535.0

Age-standardised incidence rate of osteoarthritis, worldwide, 2021

source

How rare

Common

about 660 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind osteoarthritis

Clinical diagnosis note (age 45 or over, activity-related joint pain)
Doctor's letters
once, at diagnosis
guideline
Joint imaging (X-ray, MRI), not routine
Scan reports
not routine; only with atypical features
guideline
Treatment review
Doctor's letters
based on clinical need
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$75

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $75 to $883

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Doctor's lettersx2$6.07how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about osteoarthritis All conditions