Rheumatoid arthritis facts & figures

Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 380,000 people in the UK ⁽¹⁾
About 20,000 new cases of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed in the UK each year ⁽²⁾
Rheumatoid arthritis is commoner in women and often develops over the age of 40 years, but can occur at any age ⁽³⁾
Rheumatoid arthritis affects one per cent of the adult population ⁽⁴⁾
Four out of every 10 working people give up their job within five years (75 per cent for reasons directly related to rheumatoid arthritis) ⁽⁵⁾

Infolinks:

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)
Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC)

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