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Diseases » Pancreas conditions » Prevalence

Prevalence Statistics for Types of Pancreas conditions

The information below shows a list of types of Pancreas 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
Pancreatic cancer	N/A	N/A	No information
Endocrine pancreatic cancer	N/A	N/A	No information
Pancreatic Islet Cell Cancer	N/A	N/A	No information
Diabetes	approx 1 in 17 or 5.88% or 16 million people in USA	15,999,999	16 million Americans with 10.3 million diagnosed and 8.1 million women (NWHIC); 65 per 1000 - NHIS95; 8 million - perhaps 16 million if include not-yet-diagnosed.
Type 1 diabetes	approx 1 in 800 or 0.12% or 340,000 people in USA	340,000	1-in-800 (NIAID)
Type 2 diabetes	approx 1 in 17 or 5.88% or 16 million people in USA	15,999,999	16 million Americans (NWHIC, includes undiagnosed); 7.2 million (actually diagnosed)
Impaired glucose tolerance	approx 1 in 6 or 15.07% or 41 million people in USA	40,999,999	estimated 41 million people aged 40-74 have pre-diabetes in the US 1988-94 (National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet, NIDDK, 2003)
MODY diabetes	N/A	N/A	No information
Gestational diabetes	N/A	N/A	No information
Pancreatitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Acute Pancreatitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Chronic Pancreatitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Pancreas trauma	N/A	N/A	No information
Pancreas removal	N/A	N/A	No information
Cystic Fibrosis	approx 1 in 31,000 or 0.00% or 8,774 people in USA	8,774	1 per 31,000 Asian American newborns suffer from cystic fibrosis in the US, genetics Home Reference website
Gastrinoma	N/A	N/A	No information
Glucagonoma	approx 1 in 2,720,000 or 0.00% or 100 people in USA	99	only 100 cases since 1974 (Ganda, 1997)
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
Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus	N/A	N/A	No information
Multiple endocrine neoplasia	N/A	N/A	No information
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1	approx 1 in 33,333 or 0.00% or 8,160 people in USA	8,160	3 per 100,000 up to 20 per 100,000 (NIDDK)
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome	N/A	N/A	rare
Hyperinsulinemia	N/A	N/A	No information
Insulin Resistance	approx 1 in 4 or 25.00% or 68 million people in USA	68,000,000	about 25% of the USA population have insulin resistance
Insulinoma	N/A	N/A	No information

Types of Pancreas conditions

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

About prevalence:

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