Disease | Incidence Estimate | US people estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Anemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Iron deficiency anemia |
approx 1 in 24 or 4.12% or 11.2 million people in USA |
11,212,400 |
187,979 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC); 20% women of childbearing age; 2% adult men (NWHIC)
|
| Sickle cell anemia |
approx 1 in 34,000 or 0.00% or 8,000 people in USA |
8,000 |
1 per 500 African American births; 1 per 1,000-1,400 Hispanic-American births
|
| Cooley's anemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Aplastic anemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Clotting disorders |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hemophilia |
approx 1 in 680,000 or 0.00% or 400 people in USA |
399 |
about 400 babies annually (NHLBI)
|
| Porphyria |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Leukemia |
approx 1 in 8,831 or 0.01% or 30,800 people in USA |
30,799 |
30,800 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate) including 10,800 lymphocytic, 15,000 myeloid and 5,000 other leukemias; about 29,000 cases annually (NCI); nearly 27,000 adults and more than 2,000 children annually.
|
| Purpura |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Viral Hemorragic Fevers |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hemochromatosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Amyloidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia |
approx 1 in 80,000 or 0.00% or 3,400 people in USA |
3,399 |
1 per 80,000 cases to 2.6 per 100,000 (as reported in Rose and Mackay 19981)
|
| Autoimmune Hemophilia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia |
approx 1 in 10,000 or 0.01% or 27,200 people in USA |
27,199 |
less than 10 per 100,000 cases and 1-4 per 100,000 in children2
|
| Bacteremia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Balance disorders |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Bleeding disorders |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Circulatory disorder |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Classic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Dialysis-related amyloidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Favism |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hemolytic disease of the newborn |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome |
approx 1 in 1,346,534 or 0.00% or 201 people in USA |
201 |
202 cases of postdiarrheal HUS in 28 USA states 2001 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2003)
|
| High Cholesterol |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hypercalcemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hyperkalemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hyperkalemic Renal Tubular Acidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hypoglycemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hypokalemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hypotension |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Iron deficiency |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Jaundice |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Meningococcal disease |
approx 1 in 108,756 or 0.00% or 2,500 people in USA |
2,500 |
2,501 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Multiple Myeloma |
approx 1 in 18,630 or 0.01% or 14,600 people in USA |
14,599 |
14,600 annual cases of multiple myeloma in USA (SEER 2002 estimate)
|
| Myeloma |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pernicious anemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Primary amyloidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pulmonary hypertension |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Renal Tubular Acidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Septicemia |
approx 1 in 2,767 or 0.04% or 98,300 people in USA |
98,298 |
1,648 annual cases in Victora 1996 (DHS-VIC)
|
| Sickle Cell Anemia |
approx 1 in 34,000 or 0.00% or 8,000 people in USA |
8,000 |
1 per 500 African American births; 1 per 1,000-1,400 Hispanic-American births
|
| Thalassemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Thrombocytopenia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Thrombosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Von Willebrand disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acidosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Alkalosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hyperinsulinemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hypertension |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Polycythemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Blood pressure disorders |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Eclampsia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Orthostatic hypotension |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Preeclampsia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Shock |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Methaemoglobinaemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Serious blood disorders |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
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