Hip2Knees

Please come and join me tonight in support of a wonderful cause… The fight against juvenile arthritis

6-9pm @ Rockit Bar & Grill (22 W Hubbard, Chicago, IL)

Did you know that approximately 294,000 children under the age of 18 are affected by pediatric arthritis and rheumatologic conditions.

Number of Americans with arthritis or chronic joint symptoms: www.arthritis.org 

• 1985 – 35 million

• 1990 – 37.9 million

• 1998 – nearly 43 million (1 in 6 people)

• 2006 – 46 million (nearly 1 in 5 adults)

• Arthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic health problems and the nation’s leading cause of disability among Americans over age 15.

• Arthritis is second only to heart disease as a cause of work disability.

• Arthritis limits everyday activities such as walking, dressing and bathing for more than 7 million Americans.

• Arthritis results in 39 million physician visits and more than a half million hospitalizations.

• Costs to the U.S. economy totals $128 billion annually.

• Arthritis affects people in all age groups including nearly 300,000 children.

• Baby boomers are now at prime risk. More than half those affected are under age 65.

• Half of those Americans with arthritis don’t think anything can be done to help them.

• Arthritis refers to more than 100 different diseases that affect areas in or around joints.

• Arthritis strikes women more often than men.

Overall arthritis:

• Women – 24.3 million of the people with doctor-diagnosed arthritis

• Men – 17.1 million of the people with doctor-diagnosed arthritis