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Diseases » Blood conditions » Prevalence

Prevalence Statistics for Types of Blood conditions

The information below shows a list of types of Blood conditions, with information as to the prevalence of each of these types. Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.

Disease	Prevalence Estimate	US people estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Anemia	approx 1 in 77 or 1.29% or 3.5 million people in USA	3,500,000	3.5 million (NHLBI)
Iron deficiency anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
Sickle cell anemia	approx 1 in 1,000 or 0.10% or 272,000 people in USA	544,000	estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
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 13,600 or 0.01% or 20,000 people in USA	20,000	20,000 people in the United States (NHLBI)
Porphyria	N/A	N/A	No information
Leukemia	N/A	N/A	No information
Purpura	N/A	N/A	No information
Viral Hemorragic Fevers	N/A	N/A	No information
Hemochromatosis	approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA	999,999	more than 1 million Americans (CDC); 5 per 1000 in Caucasians (NIDDK); 1-in-200 to 1-in-300
Amyloidosis	approx 1 in 90,666 or 0.00% or 3,000 people in USA	3,000	less than 3,000 people in the US (Mayo Clinic)
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia	N/A	N/A	No information
Autoimmune Hemophilia	N/A	N/A	No information
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome	N/A	N/A	very rare; NIAID mentions 58 individuals
Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia	N/A	N/A	No information
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	N/A	N/A	No information
High Cholesterol	approx 1 in 3 or 37.13% or 101 million people in USA	101,000,004	estimated 101 million Americans have cholesterol >= 200 mg/dL (CDC)
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	rare.
Iron deficiency	N/A	N/A	No information
Jaundice	N/A	N/A	No information
Meningococcal disease	N/A	N/A	No information
Multiple Myeloma	approx 1 in 4,317 or 0.02% or 63,000 people in USA	63,000	about 63,000 people affected by multiple myeloma ("Orphan Products: Hope for People With Rare Diseases", By Carol Rados, FDA Consumer magazine, November-December 2003 Issue)
Myeloma	N/A	N/A	No information
Pernicious anemia	approx 1 in 680 or 0.15% or 399,454 people in USA	399,454	399,455 people in the USA 1996 ¹
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	N/A	N/A	No information
Sickle Cell Anemia	approx 1 in 1,000 or 0.10% or 272,000 people in USA	544,000	estimated 1 per 1,000 Hispanic Americans are affected by sickle cell disease in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
Thalassemia	approx 1 in 272,000 or 0.00% or 1,000 people in USA	1,000	1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI)
Thrombocytopenia	N/A	N/A	No information
Thrombosis	N/A	N/A	No information
Von Willebrand disease	approx 1 in 90 or 1.10% or 3 million people in USA	2,999,999	estimated 3 million mostly undiagnosed
Acidosis	N/A	N/A	No information
Alkalosis	N/A	N/A	No information
Hyperinsulinemia	N/A	N/A	No information
Hypertension	approx 1 in 5 or 18.38% or 50 million people in USA	49,999,999	50 million Americans (NHLBI); 217 per 1000 (NHIS95)
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

Types of Blood conditions

For more information about types of Blood conditions, refer to our section on types of Blood conditions.

About prevalence:

The medical term 'prevalence' of Blood conditions usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Blood conditions at any given time, whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Blood conditions is called the 'incidence'. For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Footnotes:
1. Rose and Mackay, 1998, The Autoimmune Diseases, Third Edition