| CATEGORY (Skin) |
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues |
| SYSTEM |
Integumentary System (Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues) |
| ORGAN |
Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues |
| ALTERNATE NAMES /COMMON NAMES |
- Hyperkeratosis
- Callus
- Clavus
|
| NAMES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES |
- Ghatta in Hindi
- Callo in Italian
- Karusu in Japanese
|
| ICD 10 CLASSIFICATION |
L80-99> Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L84> Corns and Callosities
|
| WORLD STATISTICS |
- Approx 1 in 40 or 2.50% or 6.8 million people in USA
- 20-65% of people aged 65 or older are affected
- 9.2 million Americans are affected
- Nearly 38 per 1000 people affected in US
|
| INDIAN STATISTICS |
Extrapolated prevalence(approximation) : 26,626,765
Population estimated used : 1,065,070,607
|
| MOST PREVALENT IN |
Worldwide distribution |
