See also prevalence and incidence page for Secondary pulmonary hypertension
Prevalance of Secondary pulmonary hypertension: about 1,000 new cases of pulmonary arterial hypertension are diagnosed each year in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 272,000 or 0.00% or 1,000 people in USA [about data]
This page presents a variety of statistics about Secondary pulmonary hypertension. The term 'prevalence' of Secondary pulmonary hypertension usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Secondary pulmonary hypertension at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Secondary pulmonary hypertension refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Secondary pulmonary hypertension diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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