Endocrine System Statistics

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

According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, approximately 50,000 to 80,000 cases of acute pancreatitis occur in the United States each year.
Addison's disease, a rare disease that involves the adrenal glands, affects about 1 in 100,000 people, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Cushing's syndrome, an adrenal gland disorder, affects about 10 to 15 people out of every million a year, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Nearly 10 percent of the population has the type of immune system that can lead to Graves' disease, a condition that causes an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism). However, only one out of 10 of those people actually develops the disease, according to the American Thyroid Association.
The most common form of thyroid disorders, hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), affects as many as one woman in 10 over the age of 65, according to the American Thyroid Association.
Hyperparathyroidism, in which the parathyroid is overactive, affects approximately 28 out of every 100,000 people, according to the Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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