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Prevalence Statistics for Types of Thyroid disorders

Prevalence Statistics for Types of Thyroid disorders

The information below shows a list of types of Thyroid disorders, 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
Thyroid disorders (overall)	approx 1 in 13 or 7.35% or 20 million people in USA	19,999,999	20 million Americans (NWHIC)
Hypothyroidism	N/A	N/A	No information
Hyperthyroidism	N/A	N/A	No information
Hashimoto's thyroiditis	approx 1 in 182 or 0.55% or 1.5 million people in USA	1,490,371	1,490,371 adults and 205,159 children in the USA 1996 ¹
Graves' disease	approx 1 in 89 or 1.12% or 3 million people in USA	3,048,636	3,048,636 people in the USA 1996 ¹; 1.3 million people (NWHIC)
Thyroid cancer	N/A	N/A	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	approx 1 in 50 or 2.00% or 5.4 million people in USA	5,440,000	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	approx 1 in 300 or 0.33% or 906,666 people in USA	906,666	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

Prevalence Statistics for Thyroid disorders

Prevalance of Thyroid disorders:

20 million Americans (NWHIC)

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 13 or 7.35% or 20 million people in USA [about data]

Prevalance of Thyroid disorders:

About 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease, including many who may not be aware of their condition. (Source: excerpt from Thyroid Disease: NWHIC)

Prevelance statistics about Thyroid disorders:

The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Thyroid disorders:

27 per 1000 (NHIS95: "goiter and thyroid disorders")
1 in 4,000 babies (NWHIC)
13 million in the US (American Medical Women’s Association)

Types of Thyroid disorders

For more information about types of Thyroid disorders, refer to our section on types of Thyroid disorders.

About prevalence:

The medical term 'prevalence' of Thyroid disorders usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Thyroid disorders at any given time, whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Thyroid disorders 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

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