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Death Statistics for Types of Immune disorders

Deaths and Immune disorders:

This section presents information about the death rate statistics for the various types of Immune disorders.

Death Statistics for Types of Immune disorders

Disease

Death Rate Estimate

US deaths estimate

Statistic Used for Calculation

Conditions from under-active immune system: N/A N/A No information
Immune deficiency conditions N/A N/A No information
AIDS N/A N/A No information
SCID N/A N/A approximately 1-per-500,000 (NIDCD); 1-per-million
Conditions from over-active immune system: N/A N/A No information
Allergies N/A N/A 50-60 million (NIAID); 9-16% (NIAID); 50 million cases annually (NIAID); 10% of American women (NHWIC); 8,526,000 children respiratory allergies (NHIS-97); 7,304,000 children non-respiratory allergies (NHIS-97)
Asthma approx 1 in 15 or 6.40% or 17.4 million people in USA 6.4% USA (NIAID); 17 million Americans (NIAID) including 5 million children; 8.1 million children (NHIS-97), 51 per 1000 - NHIS95; 14.5 million; 5% of population (NWHIC); 14.9 million in 1995 (NHLBI) 6.4% USA (NIAID); 17 million Americans (NIAID) including 5 million children; 8.1 million children (NHIS-97), 51 per 1000 - NHIS95; 14.5 million; 5% of population (NWHIC); 14.9 million in 1995 (NHLBI)
Autoimmune diseases N/A N/A 8,511,845 people in the USA 1996 1
Eczema N/A N/A 15 million people (NIAMS); 10% infants/children estimated (NIAMS); 9% (NIAID); 8.5 million
Anaphylaxis unavailable No information
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome N/A N/A rare
Common Variable Immunodeficiency N/A N/A No information
Drug Allergies N/A N/A No information
Food allergies approx 1 in 100 or 1.00% or 2.7 million people in USA 1% of the adult population have a true immune reaction to food (NHWIC) 1% of the adult population have a true immune reaction to food (NHWIC)
Hives N/A N/A No information
HTLV N/A N/A uncommon
HTLV-1 N/A N/A uncommon
Hyper-IgE Syndrome N/A N/A No information
Hyper-IgM Syndrome N/A N/A No information
Insect sting allergies approx 1 in 30 or 3.30% or 8 million people in USA 3.3% (NIAID); up to 5% of the population (NHWIC) 3.3% (NIAID); up to 5% of the population (NHWIC)
Latex allergies N/A N/A 1-6% (NIAID)
Leukocyte Adhesion Defect N/A N/A No information
Peanut allergies N/A N/A 3 million Americans (peanut and tree nut combined; NIAID)
Penicillin allergy approx 1 in 50 or 2.00% or 5.4 million people in USA 2-3% of people (2-3% of hospitalized patients) 2-3% of people (2-3% of hospitalized patients)
Possibly Autoimmune Diseases N/A N/A No information
Primary Immune Deficiency N/A N/A No information
Selective IgA Deficiency N/A N/A 1 in 300 (NIDCD); 1 in 600 (NIAID); 1 in 333 Caucasians.
Skin allergies N/A N/A No information
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia N/A N/A 1-in-100,000
Allergic rhinitis N/A N/A 10% of the population with allergic rhinitis/hay fever in the US (Mayo Clinic)
Hay fever N/A N/A 35 million Americans (NIAID: pollen allergies)
DiGeorge's syndrome N/A N/A No information
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma N/A N/A No information
Allergic Disorders N/A N/A No information
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome N/A N/A very rare; NIAID mentions 58 individuals
Autoimmune neuropathies N/A N/A No information
Hodgkin's Disease unavailable No information
Leukemia unavailable No information
Lymphadenitis N/A N/A No information
Lymphatic Filariasis N/A N/A No information
Lymphoma unavailable No information
Multiple Myeloma approx 1 in 4,317 or 0.02% or 63,000 people in USA 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) 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)
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma unavailable No information
POEMS N/A N/A about 100 known cases (Ganda [1997])
Thymus Cancer N/A N/A No information

Types of Immune disorders

For more information about types of Immune disorders, refer to our section on types of Immune disorders. See also more information on death information for Immune disorders.

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


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