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Arthritis in the United States

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9,500 deaths

750,000 hospitalizations

8 million people with limitations

36 million ambulatory care visits

43 million people with self-reported, doctor-diagnosed arthritis

$51 billion in medical costs and $86 billion in total costs.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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