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National Arthritis Month --- May 2001
May is National Arthritis Month. Arthritis and other rheumatic conditions are
the leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting approximately 43
million persons in 1997, and may affect 60 million by 2020
(1,2). Early symptom recognition is needed to achieve better control of arthritis. CDC, the Arthritis Foundation,
and other organizations continue to implement
the National Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health
Strategy (3) to promote progress toward reaching the
arthritis-related national health objectives for 2010
(4).
Additional information about arthritis, National Arthritis Month, Arthritis
Action Day, the National Arthritis Action Plan, and local Arthritis Foundation programs
and services is available from the Arthritis Foundation, telephone (800) 283-7800, or
at http://www.arthritis.org .*
Arthritis Foundation, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and CDC.
National arthritis action plan: a public health strategy. Atlanta, Georgia: Arthritis
Foundation, 1999.
US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy people 2010 (conference ed.,
2 vols). Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000.
* References to sites of nonfederal organizations on the World-Wide Web are
provided as a service to MMWR readers and do not constitute or imply endorsement of
these organizations or their programs by CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. CDC is not responsible for the content of pages found at these sites.
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