People with diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis in UK primary care records, 2017

0.18%

percent of people registered with a GP, UK

“By contrast, prevalence increased between 1998 and 2017 (from 0.13%±0.006 to 0.18%±0.006), rising steeply among women (from 0.06%±0.05 to 0.10%±0.06) and patients aged ≥60 (from 0.14%±0.01 to 0.26%±0.01).”

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

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Peer-reviewed study

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2026-11-07

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What to know

UK GP records (Clinical Practice Research Datalink, 12,333 patients with AS), so it counts recorded diagnoses only. No worldwide count of people with ankylosing spondylitis newer than Dean 2014 was found.

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