PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMA & SECONDARY LYMPHEDEMA - Estimated prevalence in the European Union – Epidemiology – Prevalence – Incidence - Estimated 19 million people in the European Union affected by Diseases of the Lymphatic System - Listed by countries

ESTIMATED POPULATION AFFECTED BY DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION LISTED BY COUNTIES

ESTIMATED  NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN
THE EUROPEAN UNION

COUNTRY	EPIDEMIOLOGY
GERMANY	3.099.460
FRANCE	2.424.048
U. K.	2.380.846
ITALY	2.290.133
SPAIN	1.764.990
POLAND	1.433.270
ROMANIA	811.506
NETHERLANDS	630.092
BELGIUM	417.916
GREECE	417.315
CZECH REPUBLIC	402.768
PORTUGAL	397.886
HUNGARY	372.494
SWEDEN	361.172
AUSTRIA	319.741
BULGARIA	268.800
DENMARK	211.507
SLOVAKIA	204.531
FINLAND	204.131
IRELAND	175.400
CROATIA	160.202
LITHUANIA	112.811
SLOVENIA	77.835
LATVIA	76.542
ESTONIA	48.141
CYPRUS	43.240
LUXEMBOURG	20.129
MALTA	16.130

Referencias & Información: 1/   Schingale, Franz-Josef, "Lymphoedema, Lipoedema, Diagnosis and Therapy: A Guide for Those  Affected,"  2003, Hannover: Schlütersche  GmbH & Co. KG. 2/   Macdonald, J., Geyer, M. (2010) Wounds and Lymphoedema Management. Geneva: WHO (World Health  Organization). 3/    Földi M, Földi E, Strössenreuther RHK & Kubik S. Földi’s textbook of lymphology: for physicians and lymphedema therapists. München, Germany: Elsevier, Urban & Fischer Verlag, 2012. 4/    https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/hereditary-lymphedema/ 5/    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881422/ 6/    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16926934 7/   http://www.uchospitals.edu/online-library/content=CDR598435 8/   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1196/annals.1413.014/abstract 9/   http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ 10/ http://www.worldometers.info/

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