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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Nov 3;68(12):1743–1750. doi: 10.1002/acr.22897

Table 2.

Number of individuals (in thousands) with symptomatic and advanced symptomatic knee OA in the US

Age Race / Ethnicity Sex 2007–08 2011–12

Population Symptomatic Knee OA Advanced Symptomatic Knee OA Population Symptomatic Knee OA Advanced Symptomatic Knee OA

25-44
Hispanic Female 7,190 140 (2%) 40 (1%) 7,790 190 (2%) 60 (1%)
45-64
3,930 300 (8%) 140 (4%) 4,750 490 (10%) 260 (5%)
65+ 1,440 210 (15%) 130 (9%) 1,760 330 (19%) 220 (13%)


25-44
Male 7,810 110 (1%) 30 (0%) 8,450 150 (2%) 60 (1%)
45-64
3,790 230 (6%) 120 (3%) 4,650 300 (6%) 160 (4%)
65+ 1,060 120 (11%) 80 (7%) 1,310 180 (14%) 130 (10%)

25-44
Non-Hispanic Black Female 5,620 150 (3%) 50 (1%) 5,690 170 (3%) 60 (1%)
45-64
4,730 480 (10%) 250 (5%) 5,240 560 (11%) 300 (6%)
65+ 1,980 380 (19%) 260 (13%) 2,210 440 (20%) 300 (14%)


25-44
Male 5,030 90 (2%) 40 (1%) 5,160 90 (2%) 40 (1%)
45-64
4,060 270 (7%) 150 (4%) 4,520 310 (7%) 170 (4%)
65+ 1,270 180 (14%) 130 (10%) 1,450 190 (13%) 140 (9%)

25-44
Non-Hispanic Other Race Female 3,040 70 (2%) 20 (1%) 3,320 60 (2%) 20 (1%)
45-64
2,200 220 (10%) 110 (5%) 2,550 190 (7%) 80 (3%)
65+ 850 150 (18%) 100 (12%) 1,060 170 (16%) 110 (10%)


25-44
Male 2,770 50 (2%) 20 (1%) 3,000 50 (2%) 20 (1%)
45-64
1,900 130 (7%) 70 (4%) 2,200 130 (6%) 60 (3%)
65+ 650 80 (13%) 60 (9%) 820 100 (13%) 70 (8%)

25-44
Non-Hispanic White Female 25,310 610 (2%) 200 (1%) 24,590 550 (2%) 170 (1%)
45-64
29,080 2,580 (9%) 1,260 (4%) 29,970 2,720 (9%) 1,330 (4%)
65+ 17,770 3,020 (17%) 1,950 (11%) 18,930 3,380 (18%) 2,220 (12%)


25-44
Male 25,520 450 (2%) 170 (1%) 24,940 420 (2%) 160 (1%)
45-64
28,260 1,880 (7%) 1,030 (4%) 29,110 2,050 (7%) 1,150 (4%)
65+ 13,450 1,840 (14%) 1,300 (10%) 14,890 1,960 (13%) 1,360 (9%)

Total 198,600 13,750 (6.9%) 7,720 (3.9%) 207,710 15,170 (7.3%) 8,650 (4.2%)