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Div. of Media Relations
1600 Clifton Road
MS D-14
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3286
Fax (404) 639-7394 |
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November 18, 1998
| Release of the
first national strategy to reduce the burden of arthritis: The nation's leading cause of
disability |
| Facts: |
Arthritis and related conditions affected nearly 43 million Americans in 1998. By the
year 2020, an estimated 60 million people will have arthritis. Besides the physical
toll, arthritis costs the nation $65 billion annually. Arthritis is second only to heart
disease as a cause of work disability and although cost-effective interventions to
reduce disability are available, they are underused. |
| What: |
Release of the National Arthritis Action Plan—A Public Health Strategy, the first
comprehensive public health approach to reducing the burden of arthritis in the United
States. |
| Who: |
The Arthritis Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials will release the Plan at the 1998
national meeting of the Arthritis Foundation. |
| When: |
8:30 a.m., Saturday, November 21 |
| Where: |
Crown Plaza Ravinia
4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, Georgia |
| Contact: |
Kathy Harben/Mike Greenwell
(770) 488-5131 |
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