Prevalence and Incidence of Autoimmune thyroid diseases

Prevalance of Autoimmune thyroid diseases:

4 out of 100 women some type of autoimmune thyroid disease ... see also overview of Autoimmune thyroid diseases.

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 50 or 2.00% or 5.4 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "4 out of 100 women some type of autoimmune thyroid disease" -- see also general information about data sources]

Prevalance of types of Autoimmune thyroid diseases:

For details see prevalence of types of Autoimmune thyroid diseases analysis; summary of available prevalence data:

• Graves Disease: 3,048,636 people in the USA 1996 ¹; 1.3 million people (NWHIC)
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: 1,490,371 adults and 205,159 children in the USA 1996 ¹
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Autoimmune thyroid diseases Prevalence: Book Excerpts

• Causes and incidence - Thyroid cancer
• Causes and incidence - Thyroiditis

Incidence of types of Autoimmune thyroid diseases:

For details see incidence of types of Autoimmune thyroid diseases analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:

• Graves Disease: about 5 per 10,000 people (NWHIC)
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Prevalance of Autoimmune thyroid diseases:

Autoimmune thyroid diseases afflict as many as 4 out of 100 women and are frequently found in families where there are other autoimmune diseases. (Source: excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID)

Prevalence/Incidence of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: Online Medical Books

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Thyroid cancer: Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Predisposing factors to thyroid cancer include radiation exposure (especially childhood radiation therapy), prolonged thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) stimulation (through radiation or heredity), familial predisposition, or chronic goiter.

Thyroid cancer occurs in all age-groups, especially in people who have had radiation treatment of the neck area. It affects 1 in 1,000 people.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Thyroiditis: Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Autoimmune thyroiditis is due to antibodies to thyroid antigens in the blood. It may cause inflammation and lymphocytic infiltration (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis). Glandular atrophy (myxedema) and Graves’ disease are linked to autoimmune thyroiditis.

Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis usually follows mumps, influenza, coxsackievirus, or adenovirus infection. Riedel’s thyroiditis is a rare condition of unknown etiology.

Miscellaneous thyroiditis results from bacterial invasion of the gland in acute suppurative thyroiditis; tuberculosis, syphilis, actinomycosis, or other infectious agents in the chronic infective form; and sarcoidosis and amyloidosis in chronic noninfective thyroiditis. Postpartum thyroiditis (silent thyroiditis) is another autoimmune disorder associated with transient thyroiditis in females within 1 year after delivery.

Thyroiditis is most prevalent among people ages 30 to 50 and is more common in females than in males. Incidence is highest in the Appalachian region of the United States.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Autoimmune thyroid diseases usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Autoimmune thyroid diseases at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Autoimmune thyroid diseases refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Autoimmune thyroid diseases 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

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