How many Americans are diagnosed with Lupus?
Systemic lupus erythematosus
The rate of SLE varies between countries, ethnicity, and sex, and changes over time.[93] In the United States, one estimate of the rate of SLE is 53 per 100,000;[93] other estimates range from 322,000 to over 1 million.[94] In Northern Europe the rate is about 40 per 100,000 people.[95] SLE occurs more frequently and with greater severity among those of non-European descent.[94] That rate has been found to be as high as 159 per 100,000 among those of Afro-Caribbean descent.[93] Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus generally presents between the ages of 3 and 15 and is four times more common in girls.[96]
Lyme disease
Each year, approximately 30,000 new cases are reported to the CDC however, this number is likely underestimated. The CDC is currently conducting research on evaluation and diagnostics of the disease and preliminary results suggest the number of new cases to be around 300,000.