General Statistics
- There are over 50,000 amputations every year
- Of 350,000 with amputations 30% have upper limb loss
- Congenital Limb accounts for 8.9% of amputations
- Trauma accounts for 77% of amputations
- Tumors account for 8.2% of amputations
- Disease accounts for 5.8%
Causes of Limb Amputation:
- Severe injury (from a vehicle accident or serious burn, for example)
- Cancerous tumor in the bone or muscle of the limb
- Serious infection that does not get better with antibiotics or other treatment
- Thickening of nerve tissue, called a neuroma
- Frostbite
Information References:
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/definition-amputation#1
https://www.ishn.com/articles/97844-statistics-on-hand-and-arm-loss
https://disabilitycompendium.org/sites/default/files/user-uploads/2016_AnnualReport.pdf