Mean prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in Europe (36 eligible studies across continents)
23.8 in Europe
people per 10,000, Europe
“The mean AS prevalence per 10,000 (from 36 eligible studies) was 23.8 in Europe, 16.7 in Asia, 31.9 in North America, 10.2 in Latin America and 7.4 in Africa.”
Dean et al., Global prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis, Rheumatology 2014, 2014
- Kind of source
- Peer-reviewed study
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
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- What to know
- Continent means of published studies; weighted by study size the Europe figure is 18.6. Every continent is above the EU rare-disease threshold of 5 in 10,000.
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