Emergency rooms saw 443,000 patients ages 1 day to 17 years with any diagnoses of SPARC in 2010. Among these patients, 5,400 had a primary diagnosis of JIA. Females and those ages 13 to 17 years were most likely to have juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Codes used in this analysis of AORC are based on the National Arthritis Data Workgroup ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes for arthritis and other rheumatic conditions.1 [[Link does not work -- please advise.]]
While AORC occurs in children, it is difficult to get population data on them, so most of the estimates presented in this report are for adults unless otherwise noted.
Arthritis and other rheumatic conditions (AORC) comprise more than 100 diseases. What many of them have in common is that they cause pain and aching, and stiffness or swelling in or around a joint.
