In the article, "Prevalence and Impact of Arthritis Among
Women -- United States, 1989-1991," a programming error led to
incorrect estimates for nonarthritis conditions listed in Table 2.
The corrected table follows.
The error does not change statements in the text on the
relative ranking of arthritis compared with other chronic
conditions but does change the following: 1) under the subheading
"Comparison With Other Chronic Conditions Affecting Women" on page
332, the first sentence of the second paragraph should read
"Arthritis was the most common self-reported chronic condition
affecting women Table_2, ranking ahead of self-reported
hypertension (15.7 million), ischemic heart disease (2.4 million),
and other chronic conditions ..."; and 2) the second sentence of
the same paragraph should read "Among the conditions reported
responsible for activity limitations, women most frequently
mentioned arthritis (4.6 million), followed by orthopedic deformity
(3.7 million) and hypertension (1.9 million)."
Table_2 Note:
To print large tables and graphs users may have to change their printer settings to landscape and use a small font size.
TABLE 2. Estimated average annual prevalence of self-reported chronic conditions
and activity limitations among women aged >=15 years, by condition -- National
Health Interview Survey (NHIS), United States, 1989-1991
===================================================================================
No. with
Condition Overall no. * activity limitation *
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arthritis 22,755 4,597
Chronic sinusitis 17,511 80
Hypertension 15,720 1,875
Orthopedic deformity 14,536 3,689
"Hay fever," rhinitis 10,700 127
Hearing impairment 9,199 479
Ischemic heart disease 2,421 874
Other selected conditions + 11,825 2,356
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* In thousands. To generate national estimates, NHIS rates were applied to the U.S.
civilian, noninstitutionalized population.
+ Diabetes, thyroid disorder, bladder disorder, cerebrovascular disease, breast
neoplasm, and female reproductive malignancy.
===================================================================================
Disclaimer
All MMWR HTML versions of articles are electronic conversions from ASCII text into HTML. This conversion may have resulted in character translation or format errors in the HTML version. Users should not rely on this HTML document, but are referred to the electronic PDF version and/or the original MMWR paper copy for the official text, figures, and tables. An original paper copy of this issue can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402-9371; telephone: (202) 512-1800. Contact GPO for current prices.
**Questions or messages regarding errors in formatting should be addressed to mmwrq@cdc.gov.
