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The Most Prevalent and Costly Diseases in the U.S. Detailed in a New Disease Incidence and Prevalence Report Published By Medtech Insight

Posted on: Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 09:00 CST

Some of the most prevalent and costly diseases and disorders in the United States include surgical and traumatic wounds, breast, prostate and colon cancer, cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, depressive disorder, cataracts, endometriosis, infertility, prostate disease, incontinence, sleep apnea and asthma, among others. Medtech Insight announces the publication of a new Market & Technology Report examining these and many other increasingly burdensome health problems, including current incidence and prevalence figures for 80 separate diseases/disorders for the years 1996-2001, 2003, and 2004 when available, titled "U.S. Disease Incidence and Prevalence."

This just-published 284-page, comprehensive report includes the very latest etiological and U.S. epidemiological data on the most prevalent 11 disease categories. These include: 1) acute and chronic skin wounds including illness-related wounds, pressure ulcers, and surgical and traumatic wounds; 2) blood disorders including anemia and hemophilia; 3) cancer, including bladder, breast, bronchus and lung, cervical/uterine, colon/rectal, leukemia, lymphoma, nervous system, oral, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and skin cancer; 4) cardiovascular diseases and disorders including atherosclerosis, congestive heart failure, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease; pacing disorders including arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, and valvular heart disease; and 5) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Chapter 6 of this thoroughly researched report details metabolic diseases and disorders including cholelithiasis, chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease, and urolithiasis. Also covered is 7) musculoskeletal diseases including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, carpel tunnel syndrome, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, and osteoporosis; 8) neurologic diseases and disorders including Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebrovascular diseases including arteriovenous malformation, cerebral aneurysm and stroke, epilepsy, Huntington's disease, hydrocephalus, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and Parkinson's disease; psychiatric disorders including bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia; 9) ophthalmologic diseases including cataracts and glaucoma; 10) reproductive and genitourinary disorders including endometriosis, male and female infertility, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), erectile dysfunction, and urinary incontinence; and 11) respiratory diseases and disorders including adult respiratory distress syndrome, apnea, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, cystic fibrosis, infectious diseases including pneumonia and tuberculosis, pleural disorders including empyema, pleural effusion and pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure, and restrictive pulmonary diseases.

This detailed reference source also includes 109 detailed exhibits. A full table of contents and ordering information can be viewed at http://www.medtechinsight.com/ReportA700.html.

Now a division of Windhover Information Inc., Medtech Insight is the leading provider of business information and market intelligence for the medical technology marketplace. For more on the company's products and services, please see www.medtechinsight.com.

Source: Business Wire

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