Who has Thyroid Disease?
• 27 million Americans have thyroid disorders (overactive or underactive thyroid), but more than half still remain undiagnosed1 . • More than 8 out of 10 patients with thyroid disease are women2. • Women are 5 times more likely than men to suffer from hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)3 . • Fifty percent of thyroid disease patients’ offspring will inherit the thyroid disease gene4. • Fifteen to 20 percent of people with diabetes and their siblings or parents are at a greater risk of presenting with thyroid disease (compared to 4.5 percent of the general population)5.
