Statistics related to the endocrine system:

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).