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[8] Based on calculations performed by NIDCD Epidemiology and Statistics Program staff: (1) using data from the 1999-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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[10] Based on calculations by NIDCD Epidemiology and Statistics Program staff
[11] (Estimates based on manufacturers’ voluntary reports of registered devices to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, December 2019)