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Respondents were asked if they had ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia. Those who answered yes were classified as having an arthritis diagnosis.Â
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Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis in U.S. adults, 2019-2023, by urbanization
In 2023, around 17.5 percent of adults in the United States living in large central metropolitan areas had doctor-diagnosed arthritis in some form, compared to 28.5 percent of those living in nonmetropolitan areas. This statistic displays the prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis in the adult population in the United States from 2019 to 2023, by urbanization level.
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