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30.0per 100,000 person-years
In a US insurance claims study from 2006 to 2012, the adjusted incidence of cubital tunnel syndrome was 30.0 per 100,000 person-years.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The estimated adjusted incidence rate of CuTS is 30.0 per 100 000 person-years.”
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Incidence and Demographics in a National Administrative Database, DA Osei et al., Neurosurgery, 2017, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1093/neuros/nyw061)- What it measures
- The analysis used claims for 53,401 new cases among commercial health plan enrollees from 2006 to 2012. Incidence counts newly diagnosed cases each year.
- What it does not show
- Based on insurance diagnosis codes, in a commercially insured US population. The figure is for newly diagnosed cases, not total prevalence.