Prevalence and Incidence of Thyroid disorders

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Prevalance of Thyroid disorders:

20 million Americans (NWHIC) ... see also overview of Thyroid disorders.

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 13 or 7.35% or 20 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "20 million Americans (NWHIC)" -- see also general information about data sources]

Prevalance of types of Thyroid disorders:

For details see prevalence of types of Thyroid disorders analysis; summary of available prevalence data:

Hashimoto's thyroiditis: 1,490,371 adults and 205,159 children in the USA 1996 ¹
Graves' disease: 3,048,636 people in the USA 1996 ¹; 1.3 million people (NWHIC)
Autoimmune thyroid diseases: 4 out of 100 women some type of autoimmune thyroid disease
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2: about 1 per 300 000 people suffer from multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
Congenital hypothyroidsim: 1 per 3,000 - 4,000 newborns are affected by congenital hypothyroidsim in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia, Genetics Home Reference website
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Incidence of types of Thyroid disorders:

For details see incidence of types of Thyroid disorders analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:

Graves' disease: about 5 per 10,000 people (NWHIC)
Thyroid cancer: 20,700 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); 19,500 annual cases in the USA (NCI); 14,900 women and 4,600 men annually (NCI).
Hyperparathyroidism: 100,000 cases per year in the USA
Congenital hypothyroidism: about 1 in 4000 babies
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Undiagnosed prevalence of Thyroid disorders:

about 13 million (based on estimates from the AACE, as reported by Reader's Digest ²; estimated 8 million people (American Medical Women's Association) ... see also misdiagnosis of Thyroid disorders.

Undiagnosed prevalence rate:

approx 1 in 20 or 4.78% or 13 million people in USA [about data] ... Note: this rate calculation uses the following statistic: about 13 million (based on estimates from the AACE, as reported by Reader's Digest ²; estimated 8 million people (American Medical Women's Association)

Undiagnosed prevalence statistics about Thyroid disorders:

The following statistics relate to undiagnosed cases of Thyroid disorders:

More than half of 13 million cases are undiagnosed in the US (American Medical Women’s Association)
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Lifetime risk for Thyroid disorders:

1 in 8 women during their lifetime in the US (American Medical Women’s Association); 1 in 8 for women (NWHIC)

Prevalance of Thyroid disorders:

About 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease, including many who may not be aware of their condition. (Source: excerpt from Thyroid Disease: NWHIC)

Prevelance statistics for Thyroid disorders:

The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Thyroid disorders:

27 per 1000 (NHIS95: "goiter and thyroid disorders")
1 in 4,000 babies (NWHIC)
13 million in the US (American Medical Women’s Association)
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More Statistics about Thyroid disorders:

Hospitalization statistics

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About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Thyroid disorders usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Thyroid disorders at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Thyroid disorders refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Thyroid disorders diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Footnotes:
1. Rose and Mackay, 1998, The Autoimmune Diseases, Third Edition
2. Reader's Digest, February 2004, "10 Diseases Doctors Miss", page 120

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