New diagnoses of ankylosing spondylitis in UK primary care records, 2017

0.57 (±0.11)

new cases per 10,000 patient-years, UK

“The incidence declined from 0.72 (±0.14) per 10 000 patient-years in 1998 to 0.39 (±0.06) in 2007, with this decline significant only in men, then incidence rose to 0.57 (±0.11) in 2017.”

RMD Open 2021, Changes in ankylosing spondylitis incidence, prevalence and time to diagnosis over two decades, 2021-12

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Rate per 10,000 patient-years as the source states it, from UK GP records (Clinical Practice Research Datalink); it fell from 0.72 in 1998 to 0.39 in 2007 before rising again.

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