THE MOST COMMON AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
Disease
Tissue or Organ
Affected
Prevalence
Alopecia areataHair follicle
170 per
100,000Ankylosing
spondylitis
Spine and
sacroiliac joints129 per
100,000Autoimmune
uticaria
Skin 330 per
100,000Celiac disease Small intestine 400 per
100,000
Crohn’s diseaseGastrointestinal
tract
184 per
100,000Diabetes, type 1Pancreas
120 per
100,000Graves’ diseaseThyroid gland
1,120 per
100,000Hashimoto’s
thyroiditis
Thyroid gland 9,460 per
100,000Lupus
erythematosus
Any tissue in the
body510 per
100,000Multiple 140 per