Epidemiological Data
Orphanet curates data concerning the epidemiology of rare diseases. Orphanet carries out a systematic survey of literature in order to estimate the prevalence and incidence of rare diseases. The rare diseases epidemiology dataset includes the preferred name and ORPHAcode of the diseases, groups of or subtypes, and their point prevalence, birth prevalence, lifelong prevalence and incidence, or the number of families reported together with their respective intervals per geographical area.
The rare diseases natural history dataset includes the preferred name and ORPHAcode of the diseases, their type of inheritance, interval average age of onset and age of death.
Rare disease epidemiology
Rare diseases natural history
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What is the Orphanet nomenclature of rare disorders?
Frequently Asked Questions
Free access products description
Orphanet procedures
Epidemiological data collection in Orphanet
ICD-10 coding rules for rare diseases
Naming rules for the rare disease nomenclature in English
Nomenclature production in national language
Linearisation rules for Orphanet classifications
Orphanet Standard Operating Procedures
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