| Disease | Prevalence Estimate | US people 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 |
approx 1 in 500,000 or 0.00% or 543 people in USA |
543 |
approximately 1-per-500,000 (NIDCD); 1-per-million
|
| Conditions from over-active immune system: |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Allergies |
approx 1 in 5 or 18.38% or 50 million people in USA |
49,999,999 |
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 |
17,408,000 |
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 |
approx 1 in 31 or 3.13% or 8.5 million people in USA |
8,511,844 |
8,511,845 people in the USA 1996 1
|
| Eczema |
approx 1 in 18 or 5.51% or 15 million people in USA |
14,999,999 |
15 million people (NIAMS); 10% infants/children estimated (NIAMS); 9% (NIAID); 8.5 million
|
| Anaphylaxis |
N/A |
N/A |
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 |
2,720,000 |
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 |
8,975,999 |
3.3% (NIAID); up to 5% of the population (NHWIC)
|
| Latex allergies |
approx 1 in 100 or 1.00% or 2.7 million people in USA |
2,720,000 |
1-6% (NIAID)
|
| Leukocyte Adhesion Defect |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Peanut allergies |
approx 1 in 90 or 1.10% or 3 million people in USA |
2,999,999 |
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 |
5,440,000 |
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 |
approx 1 in 300 or 0.33% or 906,666 people in USA |
906,666 |
1 in 300 (NIDCD); 1 in 600 (NIAID); 1 in 333 Caucasians.
|
| Skin allergies |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia |
approx 1 in 100,000 or 0.00% or 2,720 people in USA |
2,720 |
1-in-100,000
|
| Allergic rhinitis |
approx 1 in 10 or 10.00% or 27.2 million people in USA |
27,200,000 |
10% of the population with allergic rhinitis/hay fever in the US (Mayo Clinic)
|
| Hay fever |
approx 1 in 7 or 12.87% or 35 million people in USA |
35,000,000 |
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 |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Leukemia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lymphadenitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lymphatic Filariasis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lymphoma |
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)
|
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| POEMS |
approx 1 in 2,720,000 or 0.00% or 100 people in USA |
99 |
about 100 known cases (Ganda [1997])
|
| Thymus Cancer |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
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