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Death Statistics for Types of Thyroid disorders

Deaths and Thyroid disorders:

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

Death Statistics for Types of Thyroid disorders

Disease

Death Rate Estimate

US deaths estimate

Statistic Used for Calculation

Hypothyroidism N/A N/A No information
Hyperthyroidism N/A N/A No information
Hashimoto's thyroiditis N/A N/A 1,490,371 adults and 205,159 children in the USA 1996 1
Graves' disease N/A N/A 3,048,636 people in the USA 1996 1; 1.3 million people (NWHIC)
Thyroid cancer unavailable No information
Goiter N/A N/A No information
Hyperparathyroidism N/A N/A No information
Postpartum thyroiditis N/A N/A No information
Myxedema N/A N/A No information
Autoimmune thyroid diseases N/A N/A 4 out of 100 women some type of autoimmune thyroid disease
Iodine deficiency N/A N/A No information
Multiple endocrine neoplasia N/A N/A No information
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 N/A N/A about 1 per 300 000 people suffer from multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 in the US, Genetics Home Reference website
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 3 N/A N/A No information
Thyroiditis N/A N/A No information

Types of Thyroid disorders

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

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


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