. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Jun 14;69(8):1701–1702. doi: 10.1002/art.40144

Table 1.

Current and projected percent of the population with self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis among US adults, 2015–2060, adjusted for case definition imperfect accuracy

Year	Population Percentage with Arthritis (Projected Number of Individuals with Arthritis/Estimated Population)
Year	Total	Men	Women
2015	21.4 (52.9/247.7)	14.4 (17.3/120.7)	28.0 (35.6/127.0)
2020	22.7 (59.0/260.4)	15.6 (19.9/127.2)	29.4 (39.1/133.2)
2025	24.1 (65.6/272.3)	17.0 (22.6/133.2)	30.9 (43.0/139.2)
2030	25.2 (71.3/283.1)	18.0 (24.9/138.5)	32.1 (46.4/144.6)
2035	25.7 (75.1/292.9)	18.4 (26.4/143.4)	32.6 (48.8/149.4)
2040	25.8 (77.8/302.0)	18.5 (27.3/148.1)	32.8 (50.5/153.9)
2045	25.8 (80.0/310.5)	18.5 (28.2/152.6)	32.8 (51.8/157.9)
2050	25.9 (82.6/318.4)	18.7 (29.3/156.9)	33.0 (53.3/161.5)
2055	26.3 (85.9/326.3)	19.2 (30.9/161.2)	33.3 (55.0/165.1)
2060	26.9 (89.9/334.5)	19.8 (32.8/165.7)	33.8 (57.0/168.8)

Values in parentheses are number of individuals in millions with arthritis divided the total population