Statistics

Statistics related to the endocrine system:

Consider the following statistics, as they relate to the endocrine system:

• About 80,000 cases of acute pancreatitis occur in the United States each year.

• Addison's disease and Cushing's syndrome are rare diseases that involve the adrenal glands.

• Graves' disease is a condition that causes an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) and affects less than 1 percent of the US population.

• The most common form of thyroid disorders, hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), affects 7 million US adults, mainly women over 40 years old.

• Hyperparathyroidism, in which the parathyroid is overactive, affects about 100,000 US adults.

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