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January 26, 2021
The latest data on lupus incidence suggests American Indian and Black women are 3 times more likely to have lupus than other U.S. adults.
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Lupus rates are 9 times higher in women than men, and are highest among American Indian and Black women, according to new data.
The research provides the first national estimate of how widespread the auto-immune disease is, including its prevalence in certain ethnic groups. Overall, a total of 204,295 people had lupus in 2018 in the United States, according to the study published this month in the journal
For every 100,000 people in the population, there were 72.8 cases of lupus. Lupus rates were 9 times higher for women compared with men, at 128.7 versus 14.6 per 100,000 people; and highest among American Indian, Black, and Hispanic women, at 270.6, 230.9, and 120.7 cases per 100,000 people. There were 84.7 cases of lupus per 100,000 white women.