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  • Diabetes mellitus is classified as Type 1 or Type 2. Type 1 results from the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic islets resulting in the complete loss of insulin. Type 2 is a metabolic disorder that results from deficiency, but not absence of insulin. It is commonly associated with obesity. Type 2 Diabetes affects almost 10% of the population while Type 1 is much more rare.
  • 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).
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