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Using Published Estimates
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Condition
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Numbers w/ condition
highest estimated number used for calculation
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Stats from year
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Breast Cancer
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399,425
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2009
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MS
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471,000
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2009
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HIV/AIDS
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1,106,400
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2006 (2008 published)
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TOTAL
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1,876,825
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RSD/CRPS
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4,237,500
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Current published information (average)
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Breast Cancer-
- American Cancer Society, 2009- estimates number of cases of Breast Cancer in the United States
is 399,425
- CDC, 2005 (the most recent year numbers are available)- show statistics of 186,467 women and 1,764 men were diagnosed with breast cancer.
Multiple Sclerosis-
- Neurology Review, approximately 266,000 people, January 30, 2007
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009- combining all studies, the range of estimates was 180,000 to 471,000 persons
- National MS Society, 300,000 - 400,000 people
HIV/AIDS-
- New Estimates of U.S. HIV Prevalence, 2006 (published Oct. 3, 2008)
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed new estimates of HIV prevalence, or the total number of people living with HIV in the United States. CDC’s analysis reveals that there is an estimated 1,106,400 adults and adolescents.
RSD- average taken from 4 RSD sources- 4,237,500
- RSDHope- 6,000,000
- RSDSA- 1,200,000
- FORGRACE- 3,750,000
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, what is it? By Linda Calhoun- 6-12 million
INTERESTING STATISTICS
54% of returning war veterans with chronic pain, according to a 2006 survey taken by the American Pain Foundation, are diagnosed with Polytrauma or Causalgia (both military "code" for RSD). This is "Easing the way for vets and civilians, [as] more insurers are covering Ketamine infusions, says Getson. "Aetna U.S. Healthcare [is] the only major insurer denying payment."
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