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The prevalence of 30 ICD-10 autoimmune diseases in Denmark

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Epidemiologic studies of autoimmune diseases have not considered them in the aggregate. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of 30 autoimmune diseases separately and in aggregate according to ICD-10 classification. The lifetime prevalence of the entire population of 5,506,574 persons alive in Denmark on October 31, 2006, was estimated by linking records of all visitors to hospitals and specialty clinics via National Patient Registers from January 1, 1977 through October 31, 2006. The prevalences vary from 0.06/1,000 for Pemphigus to 8.94/1,000 for Type 1 diabetes. Nearly 4% of the population had one or more autoimmune disease. The general conclusion is that autoimmune diseases as an aggregate are common.

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This study was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, grant MH53188. There are no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

    William W. Eaton & Patricia E. Gregory

  2. National Centre for Register-based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

    Marianne G. Pedersen & Preben Bo Mortensen

  3. Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

    Hjördís Ósk Atladóttir

  4. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

    Noel R. Rose

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Eaton, W.W., Pedersen, M.G., Atladóttir, H.Ó. et al. The prevalence of 30 ICD-10 autoimmune diseases in Denmark. Immunol Res 47, 228–231 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12026-009-8153-2

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