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Most cases of scoliosis are detected when the curvature is mild or moderate
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Full information about scoliosis illustrated with pictures
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What is scoliosis? What is the prevalence globally and local
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30 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for scoliosis in
England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of
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42% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis occurred in
15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics,
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Extrapolated Prevalence |
Population
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Scoliosis in the Middle
East (Extrapolated Statistics) |
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Egypt |
228,352 |
228,352 |
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Lebanon |
11,331 |
3,777,218 |
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Saudi Arabia |
77,387 |
25,795,938 |
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United Arab Emirates |
7,571 |
2,523,915 |
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Reference:
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/s/scoliosis/stats-country.htm
http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/scoliosis/scochild.htm
http://www.childsdoc.org/spring2002/lookscoliosis.asp
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=14&topcategory=Spine
http://www.scoliosisassociates.com/subject.php?pn=idiopathic-scoliosis-009 |
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