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Two hundred seven thousand Michigan residents, more than the population of Grand Rapids, have rheumatoid arthritis.
More than 470,000 Michigan residents, a population larger than any city in Michigan except Detroit, have osteoarthritis.
The number of people with arthritis in Michigan is comparable to 40 people with arthritis for every square mile in the state.
The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 3.4 million people, 32% of Michigan's projected population, will have arthritis by the year 2030.
The number of people with arthritis in Michigan is comparable to 21 sold out, capacity crowds at a University of Michigan home football game.
An estimated 46 million Americans, the equivalent of the combined population of the country's 56 largest cities, have some form of doctor-diagnosed arthritis.
Arthritis is the leading cause of disability among persons age 18 and older in the United States, limiting daily activities for nearly 17 million people.
The number of people affected by arthritis by the year 2030 is projected to increase nationwide from the current 46 million to about 67 million people.
Like the prevalence of arthritis, the prevalence of arthritis-related disability is also expected to increase significantly by the year 2030, when an estimated 25 million people will be affected.
An estimated 2.3 million Michigan adults, 31% of the state's adult population, have some form of arthritis. The projected increase in the prevalence of arthritis nationwide by 2030 would translate to an increase to about 3.4 million people with arthritis in Michigan.

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