Table 2.

Standardized1 incidence (per 100,000 person-years), 1996–2009, and point prevalence (per 100,000), December 31, 2009, of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, by sex and age.

BoysGirlsBoys and Girls
Incidence2NPerson-yrsCases per 100,000(95% CI)NPerson-yrsCases per 100,000(95% CI)NPerson-yrsCases per 100,000(95% CI)
Age group, yrs
  0–551781,6995.6(1.3–9.9)105743,78612.2(5.9–18.6)1561,525,4848.8(3.5–14.2)
  6–1051522,1508.5(3.1–13.7)92500,19615.9(8.6–23.1)1431,022,34612.1(5.8–18.4)
  11–1558543,4469.2(3.7–14.8)131520,99421.7(13.2–30.2)1891,064,44115.4(8.2–22.4)
Overall1601,847.2957.7(6.5–8.9)3281,764,97616.4(14.6–18.1)4883,612,27111.9(10.9–12.9)
Prevalence3NPopulationCases per 100,000(95% CI)NPopulationCases per 100,000(95% CI)NPopulationCases per 100,000(95% CI)
Age group, yrs
  0–5785,5788.6(2.2–14.9)3180,96940.1(25.9–54.2)38166,54723.8(16.3–31.5)
  6–103195,34034.0(22.1–46.0)5191,64358.3(42.3–74.2)82186,98345.9(36.0–55.8)
  11–1546105,36645.7(32.4–58.9)87101,37389.7(70.9–108.6)133206,73967.3(55.9–78.8)
Overall84286,28428.6(22.4–34.6)169273,98561.6(52.3–70.9)253560,26944.7(39.1–50.2)
  • 1 The age and sex distribution were standardized to that of the 2000 Census for the entire US population. The Kaiser Permanente population included 102,652 boys and 98,238 girls aged 0–5, 101,000 boys and 96,888 girls aged 6–10, and 108,747 boys and 104,399 girls aged 11–15.

  • 2 The incidence rate is corrected for the sensitivity (0.95) and positive predictive value (0.82) of the validated incidence algorithm.

  • 3 The point prevalence is corrected for the sensitivity (0.87) and posiive predictive value (0.91) of the validated case-finding algorithm.