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. 2013 Feb 28;144(2):571–577. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-2768

Table 3.

—Incidence Using Broad and Narrow Criteria and Point Prevalence of Scleroderma per 100,000 Adjusted to the 2000 US White Population

Female Male Overall
Time Frame Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI
Incidence (broad criteria)
 1980-1989 3.27 1.42-5.13 0.00 0.00-0.00 1.69 0.73-2.65
 1990-1999 4.89 2.80-6.98 0.26 0.00-0.76 2.65 1.54-3.76
 2000-2010 4.21 2.52-5.89 1.12 0.22-2.01 2.71 1.74-3.68
 Overall 4.17 3.09-5.25 0.56 0.15-0.98 2.43 1.83-3.02
Incidence (narrow criteria)
 1980-1989 2.18 0.67-3.70 0.00 0.00-0.00 1.13 0.35-1.91
 1990-1999 1.86 0.57-3.16 0.26 0.00-0.76 1.09 0.38-1.80
 2000-2010 2.28 1.04-3.52 1.12 0.22-2.01 1.72 0.95-2.49
 Overall 2.12 1.35-2.89 0.56 0.15-0.98 1.37 0.92-1.81
Prevalence (broad criteria)
 12/31/2010 62.02 41.65-82.39 13.32 3.38-23.26 39.92 27.87-51.96

Broad criteria defined by LeRoy and al22; narrow criteria defined by ACR.2 See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviation.