Statistics about Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. The term 'prevalence' of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Hashimoto's Thyroiditis at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: (see also prevalence and incidence page for Hashimoto's Thyroiditis)
  Prevalance of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: 1,490,371 adults and 205,159 children in the USA 1996 ¹
  Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 182 or 0.55% or 1.5 million people in USA [about data]
  Prevelance statistics about Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis:

5 times more common in women than men in the US (Academy of Family Physicians, 2004)

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

Last revision: May 28, 2003

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