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Prevalance of Scleroderma: Estimates for the number of people in the United States with systemic sclerosis range from 40,000 to 165,000. By contrast, a survey that included all scleroderma-related disorders, including Raynaud's phenomenon, suggested a number between 250,000 and 992,500.bout prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Scleroderma usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Scleroderma at any given time.
The prevalence of lacunar infarcts appears to be higher in black and Hispanic people (31% of total strokes) than in white people (17%), as found in the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. In addition, the frequency of lacunar infarcts increases with age.According to a population-based study in Dijon, France, the prevalence was 2.8 per 100,000 women aged 30 years and 186 per 100,000 women aged 85 years. The prevalence was 12.3 per 100,000 men aged 40 years and 398 per 100,000 men aged 85 years.acunar infarcts mainly occur in the basal ganglia, lenticular nucleus, and especially the putamen, thalamus, and white matter of the internal capsule, pons, and centrum semiovale.