with disability and premature death. Up-to-date estimates of the burden of rheumatoid
arthritis are required for health-care planning, resource allocation, and prevention. As part of
the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021, we provide
updated estimates of the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and its associated deaths and
disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) by age, sex, year, and location, with forecasted …