Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior

Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior


Statistically Speaking

March 26, 2025
The Reality of the Numbers and What We Can Do About It


 


The stats on amputees is staggering.


In the US 1 in 200 people have undergone amputation!


Over 2.1 million people live with an amputated limb.


Worldwide, 1 million ampuatations happen annually, that’s 1 amputation every 30 seconds!!!


 


1 EVERY 30 SECONDS!



Amputee Coalition’s diagram of statistics taken from Promedeast.com 2023

 


Even more alarming is the projection of the 2.1 million in the US doubling by the year 2050!


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